In-specie Distribution

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.
• Compliance OfficerThe separately appointed officer of a merchant banker, listed company or intermediary who monitors compliance with securities law, handles investor grievances, and reports non-compliance to SEBI independently.
• Compliance Test ReportThe annual self-certification an AIF manager prepares in SEBI's prescribed format, testing the fund against the AIF Regulations and routed through the sponsor and trustee for comment.
• Connected personA person whose association with a company in the six months before the act put them, or could reasonably be expected to put them, in a position to access unpublished price sensitive information.
• ControlIn the beneficial-ownership tests, the right to appoint a majority of directors or to control management or policy decisions — the limb that catches an owner holding no shares at all.
• Credit Default SwapA contract in which a protection buyer pays a regular premium to a protection seller, who agrees to pay any loss in value on a specified reference obligation if a credit event such as default occurs.