When we think of investing, the first thing that comes to mind is stocks or mutual funds. But for India’s wealthier investors, there’s a quiet revolution underway — and it’s happening in real assets.
EAAA Alternatives, a domestic alternative asset manager, has raised a whopping ₹2,500 crore for its multi-strategy real assets fund — the first of its kind in India’s Category II AIF space. And it’s not targeting retail investors — the minimum investment is ₹1 crore, making this a bespoke product for HNIs.
Let’s break it down.
The fund will deploy money across real assets like:
Transport & Warehousing Infrastructure
Think of logistics parks, cold chains, and industrial storage hubs — key to India’s supply chain revolution.
Energy Assets
Including renewables and energy transition plays — where India is witnessing a capital rush.
Private Infrastructure Deals
Such as InvITs (Infrastructure Investment Trusts), which offer long-term, concession-based cash flows from toll roads, power assets, etc.
Structured Real Estate Transactions
Deals with commercial real estate developers — where funds are secured by land and cash flows.
All these assets have one thing in common: long-term visibility of cash flows with contractual or semi-contracted returns — not dependent on stock market moods.
EAAA is targeting an IRR of 18–20%, primarily from:
Annual distributions (like rental yields or toll revenues)
Capital gains on asset exits after 3–4 years
These are stable, inflation-beating returns, with lower volatility than equity markets. For HNIs who are already overexposed to equities or have surplus capital lying idle, this opens up a powerful diversification route.
More importantly, it's a win-win:
Real estate/infrastructure developers get patient, long-term capital
Investors get contract-backed yields, backed by real-world assets.
This isn’t just wealth creation. It’s nation-building.
Private capital flows into core infrastructure: energy, transport, warehouses — areas where India needs long-term funding.
Reduces dependence on traditional banks or government infra outlays.
Encourages institutional-style investing in India’s real economy.
EAAA Alternatives is setting up a platform where HNIs can own a piece of India’s infrastructure growth — in a format that’s:
Structured
Contract-backed
And designed to deliver predictable returns
While everyone is chasing IPOs and smallcaps, this is where smart money is going — into real assets, built for India’s long-term story.
Fund Size: ₹2,500 Cr (₹1,000 Cr base + ₹1,500 Cr green shoe)
Strategy: Multi-asset infra/real estate, medium-risk
Target IRR: 18–20%
Deployment Horizon: 3–4 years
Minimum Investment: ₹1 Cr
Investor Class: HNIs, Family Offices, UHNIs
