InvIT
Like a mutual fund, it invests in infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges, with exposure spread over many projects to reduce risk on any one.
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
- AlphaThe return a fund earned above what its beta and the benchmark say it should have earned — the slice of performance left over once the market has been given credit for its share.
- Alternative Investment FundA privately pooled investment vehicle registered with SEBI that raises money from select Indian or foreign investors under a defined investment policy — never from the public at large.
- BetaHow sharply a share moves relative to the market index — beta 1 moves with the index, above 1 amplifies it, below 1 dampens it. The standard measure of systematic risk.
- Fixed Maturity PlanA close-ended debt scheme whose portfolio maturity is aligned to the scheme's own maturity date, so the investor who stays to the end has a reasonably visible outcome — though never a guaranteed one.
- Mezzanine CapitalCapital provided in a hybrid structure carrying features of both debt and equity — typically subordinated debt with an equity upside attached, such as warrants.
- Modern Portfolio TheoryMarkowitz's framework for building portfolios on expected return and risk together, in which the co-movement between holdings — not their individual riskiness — decides the risk of the whole.
Where this is taught
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