AIFs

Amid swelling private capital pools, the Indian stock market regulator is striving to strike a balance between encouraging money flow into startups and closely-held businesses, and guarding the interest of investors in private equity (PE)…

Portfolio management services (PMS), catering to higher networth individuals (HNIs), are facing tough competition from emerging alternative investment funds (AIFs), evident from their dwindling client base. In May, the number of clients…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is mulling doing away with the priority distribution (PD) model in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and introducing in the regulation pro-rata rights (based on the ratio of their…

Sebi noted that many AIFs are still holding their certificate of registration despite having no fund raising or investment activity in their schemes for several years. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has sought comments…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). File | Photo Credit: Reuters To strengthen corporate governance mechanism, capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed to amend the current…

Mumbai: The government is looking into the colour of money and nature of investors in private equity (PE) houses, venture capital (VC) pools and local hedge funds.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Saturday asked some fund…

'Given that debt AIFs, by nature, target a higher portfolio return, it is likely to attract investors like HNIs, family offices, etc, looking for a higher yield debt product.' With the government deciding to end tax benefits enjoyed by…

Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked alternative investment funds (AIFs) to provide an option of ‘direct plan’ for investors and introduced a trail model for distribution commission. The measures are part of…

Old venture capital funds (VCFs), floated during the boom days before the 2008 meltdown and in the next few years after the crash amid a sea of easy money, have drawn the attention of the Indian capital markets regulator for stretching…

The Income Tax Department has sent notices to dozens of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and alternative investment funds (AIFs), flagging discrepancies in their tax returns. These tax red flags include errors in capital gains tax…