Key Man Clause
A contract term that suspends the investment period if named individuals leave the manager, so no fresh capital is drawn while the key seat is empty.
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
- Absolute-return benchmarkA fixed percentage return, set by the manager when the scheme launches, against which an absolute-return strategy is judged instead of a market index.
- Adverse selectionThe risk of ending up with the wrong manager — picking a fund on a track record or a forward-looking statement that does not predict performance, and getting sub-optimal returns or moral hazard instead.
- 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.
- BenchmarkThe independently published index a scheme's performance is measured against, chosen to match its investment objective, asset allocation and strategy, and disclosed in the Scheme Information Document.
- 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.
- Continuing interestThe sponsor's or manager's own money locked into the fund — 2.5% of corpus or Rs 5 crore, whichever is lower, for Category I and II AIFs, and 5% or Rs 10 crore for Category III.
Where this is taught
Free preparation for NISM Series XIX-DRelated terms
- Investor Due DiligenceThe investigation an investor runs on an AIF and its manager before committing capital — the process of investigation and evaluation into the details of a potential investment.
- Adverse selectionThe risk of ending up with the wrong manager — picking a fund on a track record or a forward-looking statement that does not predict performance, and getting sub-optimal returns or moral hazard instead.
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