Investor Side Letter
A document recording exemptions or preferential treatment sought by large investors, such as a reduced management fee or participation in investment committees.
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
- CustodianThe SEBI-registered entity that holds a fund's securities in accounts of its own and settles its trades, so the assets sit somewhere other than with the manager who decides what to buy.
- Determinate trustA trust whose beneficiaries and their beneficial interests are ascertainable from the trust deed throughout its life — the structure that lets a Category III AIF avoid MMR on non-business income.
- Investment Management AgreementThe agreement between the trustee, acting for the AIF, and the investment manager, by which the trustee delegates its entire investment management power — and by which the manager can later be removed.
- 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.
- Merchant bankerA SEBI-registered body corporate engaged in the business of issue management — arranging the selling, buying or subscribing of securities, or acting as manager, consultant or adviser in relation to an issue.
- Private placement memorandumThe offer document of a Category III AIF, filed with SEBI through a merchant banker at least 30 days before a scheme launches — and the document SEBI comments on but never approves.
Where this is taught
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