AI Only Scheme

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Accredited InvestorAn investor certified by an accreditation agency as meeting SEBI's income or net-worth tests, and therefore allowed into products on relaxed terms — including below the Rs 1 crore AIF floor.
• Angel FundA sub-category of Category I AIF, registered with SEBI specifically as an angel fund, which raises money from angel investors and invests it in start-ups deal by deal rather than through schemes.
• Angel InvestorAn accredited investor, or key management personnel of an angel fund or its manager, who puts capital into start-ups and early-stage ventures through an angel fund.
• Fit and proper personThe character and record test in Schedule II of the SEBI (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 that an AIF's applicant, sponsor and manager must satisfy for registration and must keep satisfying afterwards.
• Infrastructure FundA Category I AIF investing primarily in the unlisted securities, partnership interest or listed and securitised debt of companies and SPVs that operate, develop or hold infrastructure projects.
• Key Management PersonnelThe key investment team of an AIF's manager, the employees who decide on behalf of the fund, and anyone else the AIF or manager declares as such — named in the PPM and bound by the Code of Conduct.