Emergency cash reserve

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

• Asset allocationThe decision on how to distribute a client's wealth across asset classes — the first decision in building a portfolio, and the one that explains most of what the portfolio then does.
• Concentration riskThe risk that a few positions are large enough, against the fund's capital, that one loss damages the whole portfolio — capped by SEBI at 25% of investable funds for Category I and II AIFs and 10% for Category III.
• CorrelationA measure of the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables, running from -1 to +1, and the single factor that determines how much risk diversification actually removes.
• GuardianThe adult who transacts on behalf of a minor investor, completes KYC in their own name, and signs the application and payment instruments, because a minor cannot contract.
• Liberalised Remittance SchemeThe RBI facility letting a resident individual remit up to USD 250,000 per financial year abroad for any permissible current or capital account transaction, including investment in offshore funds.
• Strategic asset allocationThe long-term target split of a portfolio across asset categories, fixed from the investor's goals, time horizon and risk profile rather than from any view on markets.