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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012

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59:; SEBI (Custodian Of Securities) Regulations, 1996 and any other regulations of SEBI. This was introduced to bring unregistered funds in India under the ambit of law. Prior to the introduction of this, many funds were operating in India that could not be classified as domestic 55:
These regulations apply to all pooled investment funds registered in India which received capital from Indian or foreign investors. These were made to regulated funds that were not covered under the
56: 197: 156:(FDI) would be allowed in AIFs. It was also announced that the tax liability will be shifted from the funds to the investors in Category I and Category II. 292: 348: 99:: These funds are allowed to invest anywhere in any combination, but cannot take debts, except for day-to-day operation purposes. These include 264: 165: 24: 241: 67:(FII). After introduction of these regulations in July 2012, 123 entities registered themselves by November 2014. 353: 149: 153: 324: 129:
200,000,000. At any time, not more than 1000 investors are allowed. The initial contribution of the
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AIFs are usually marketed towards high net-worth persons. The minimum investment from one person is
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The Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) have been categorised into three classes:
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funds (VCF), foreign venture capital investors (FVCI) or foreign
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50,000,000, whichever is less (for category 1 and 2) and 5% or
113:: Funds that make short-term investments and then sell, like 32: 168:, a law introduced in 2014 to check fraudulent funds 293:"Govt to allow FDI in alternative investment funds" 340: 125:10,000,000. The minimum corpus of the funds is 192: 190: 188: 186: 184: 182: 265:"De-jargoned: Alternative investment funds" 236:. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 233. 229: 179: 257: 23:) are a set of regulations introduced by 349:Securities and Exchange Board of India 341: 166:Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014 25:Securities and Exchange Board of India 57:SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 225: 223: 221: 13: 317: 285: 14: 365: 218: 145:100,000,000 for Category 3 AIF 1: 172: 27:(SEBI) in 2012, to regulate 7: 159: 10: 370: 154:foreign direct investments 150:2015 Union budget of India 50: 152:, it was announced that 298:The Hindu Business Line 203:The Hindu Business Line 65:institutional investor 87:venture capital funds 332:The Gazette of India 83:infrastructure funds 79:social venture funds 354:Indian business law 137:should be 2.5% or 301:. 28 February 2015 233:Investment Banking 117:, come under this. 243:978-1-259-05872-1 206:. 1 December 2014 29:pooled investment 361: 335: 329: 311: 310: 308: 306: 289: 283: 282: 280: 278: 261: 255: 254: 252: 250: 227: 216: 215: 213: 211: 194: 369: 368: 364: 363: 362: 360: 359: 358: 339: 338: 327: 323: 320: 318:Further reading 315: 314: 304: 302: 291: 290: 286: 276: 274: 263: 262: 258: 248: 246: 244: 230:Pratap Giri S. 228: 219: 209: 207: 196: 195: 180: 175: 162: 61:venture capital 53: 21:AIF Regulations 12: 11: 5: 367: 357: 356: 351: 337: 336: 319: 316: 313: 312: 284: 273:. 4 March 2015 256: 242: 217: 177: 176: 174: 171: 170: 169: 161: 158: 119: 118: 108: 101:private equity 94: 52: 49: 41:private equity 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 366: 355: 352: 350: 347: 346: 344: 333: 326: 322: 321: 300: 299: 294: 288: 272: 271: 266: 260: 245: 239: 235: 234: 226: 224: 222: 205: 204: 199: 193: 191: 189: 187: 185: 183: 178: 167: 164: 163: 157: 155: 151: 146: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 116: 112: 109: 106: 102: 98: 95: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 73: 72: 71: 68: 66: 62: 58: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 19:(also called 18: 303:. Retrieved 296: 287: 275:. Retrieved 268: 259: 247:. Retrieved 232: 208:. Retrieved 201: 147: 131:fund manager 120: 111:Category III 110: 96: 74: 69: 54: 20: 16: 15: 115:hedge funds 97:Category II 45:hedge funds 37:real estate 343:Categories 173:References 105:debt funds 103:funds and 75:Category I 35:, such as 270:Live Mint 91:SME funds 31:funds in 305:17 April 277:17 April 249:17 April 210:17 April 160:See also 135:promoter 148:In the 51:Summary 240:  328:(PDF) 33:India 307:2015 279:2015 251:2015 238:ISBN 212:2015 89:and 43:and 133:or 345:: 330:. 295:. 267:. 220:^ 200:. 181:^ 85:, 81:, 47:. 39:, 334:. 309:. 281:. 253:. 214:. 143:₹ 139:₹ 127:₹ 123:₹ 107:. 93:.

Index

Securities and Exchange Board of India
pooled investment
India
real estate
private equity
hedge funds
SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996
venture capital
institutional investor
social venture funds
infrastructure funds
venture capital funds
SME funds
private equity
debt funds
hedge funds


fund manager
promoter


2015 Union budget of India
foreign direct investments
Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014




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