Page 6 - Alternative Investment Funds

GIFT City gains traction: Avendus fourth firm to get nod for setting up AIF

According to an industry official tracking developments at GIFT City, four other companies' applications are under are under consideration for setting up AIFs

Long-only alternative investment funds outperform long-short peers in July

Of the 32 long-only funds, all except one managed to beat the Nifty50 returns of 0.3 per cent during the month

AIFs take digital turn as across-table deals go out of fashion due to Covid

Multiple firms look to skip physical meetings, documentation while acquiring clients

Sebi halves the post-IPO lock-in period for promoters to 18 months

Sebi has done away with the investment restrictions on the residual portion of investable funds of venture capital funds (VCFs)

AIFs stare at higher tax outgo on investment manager's performance fees

Tax uncertainty could dissuade global players from setting up funds in India

Kotak Mahindra Bank issues India's first FPI licence to GIFT AIF

This is the first FPI licence issued to an AIF incorporated in GIFT IFSC by any custodian bank or designated depository participant (DDP) in the country

Fund-of-fund AIFs gain traction, at least three players launch such schemes

Diversification at a lower cost said to be among the key reasons for such structures

Category-III alternative investment funds beat Nifty returns in February

Long-only funds provided average returns of 8 per cent, while long-short funds returned 0.3 per cent, data from PMS Bazaar showed

Non-govt PFs, gratuity funds can invest in alternative investment funds

Finmin notifies changes to the investment pattern of these funds

Category 3 alternative investment funds beat Nifty returns in January

Long-only funds gave average returns of -0.2 per cent for the month, while long-short funds returned 0.1 per cent, the data from PMS Bazaar showed

Hedge funds commitments dip 2.7% in first-ever drop in the category

Pandemic year has seen a slowdown for other kinds of alternative investment funds too

Debt alternative investment funds investors lower return expectations

AIFs are privately pooled investment funds approved by the capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India for different categories of asset classes

Alternative investment funds get partial relief as Sebi relaxes norms

Under the new norms, members of an investment committee of an AIF will no longer be responsible for investment decisions.

AIF registration dips in 2020 as fund managers turn cautious amid Covid-19

Alternative investment funds are sophisticated schemes for wealthy people to invest their money. They require a minimum investment of Rs 1 crore

Partial reprieve for alternative investment funds as Sebi eases regulations

Sebi, in its board meeting on Wednesday, said it would provide a leeway to investment committees of AIFs.

AIFs explore limited liability partnerships to bypass high taxes

Dolat Capital has been the first off the block in setting up such a structure for its Category-III fund

Raining returns: Long-only AIFs beat long-short strategies in August

The former gave average category returns of 4.3 per cent, in comparison to 0.2 per cent for the latter, shows data from PMS Bazaar

CRISIL launches benchmark indices to gauge the performance of AIFs

AIFs are sophisticated investment vehicles for the wealthy

Crisil Research launches benchmark indices to assess performance of AIFs

To assess performance of Alternate Investment Funds, Crisil Research on Thursday launched benchmark indices for the industry.

'Unshackle AIFs to boost high-growth imperative'

A normalisation of the definition of "capital assets" for Indian AIFs will ensure that they can compete fairly with global capital on home soil