Legal Documentation
Also written Legal documentation (AIF context)
The set of legal contracts and documents that define the AIF architecture and set out the binding roles and performance obligations of the connected parties, so that the outcome of the fund's activity protects investors…
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.
- Investment Advisory AgreementThe agreement under which an offshore fund takes non-binding investment advice from an on-site Indian advisor — advice, not management, which is exactly what keeps the two roles apart.
- 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.
- Investor CharterSEBI's published statement of what an investor is entitled to from an intermediary — the services, the rights, the dos and don'ts, and a table of activities with the timeline each one must be completed in.
- IPEV GuidelinesThe international best-practice guidelines for valuing unlisted private equity and venture capital investments at fair value, setting out seven widely used methods for valuing a portfolio company.
- 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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