Associate
Also written Associate (AIF definition)
A company, LLP or body corporate in which a director, trustee, partner, Sponsor or Manager of the AIF, or a director or partner of the Manager or Sponsor, holds individually or collectively more than fifteen per cent of…
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.
- Category I AIFThe AIF category for funds the government or a regulator treats as socially or economically desirable — venture capital, angel, SME, social impact, infrastructure, special situation and CDMDF funds.
- Category II AIFThe residual AIF category: anything that is neither Category I nor Category III and takes no fund-level leverage beyond a narrow temporary carve-out — private equity, private debt and fund-of-funds.
- Commitment PeriodThe window in a closed-ended fund during which the manager may call capital against commitments — and the period over which management fee is charged on committed rather than invested capital.
Where this is taught
- Series IX · Chapter 3: Registration, Code of Conduct & General Obligations of Merchant Bankers in Indiaintroduced here
- Series XIX-D · Chapter 14: Regulatory Frameworkintroduced here
- Series XIX-B · Chapter 5: Regulatory Frameworkintroduced here
- Series XIX-A · Chapter 4: Regulatory Framework - Indian Contextintroduced here
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