Open-ended AIF
Permitted only for Category III. Units are offered continuously with no fixed maturity, capital is contributed at subscription, the corpus is variable, and redemption is allowed monthly, quarterly or semi-annually.
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
- Contribution AgreementThe agreement between one investor, the trustee and the investment manager that sets the terms on which that investor participates in the AIF — the contract that turns a commitment into units.
- 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.
- FATFThe intergovernmental body founded in 1989 that writes the global AML/CFT standards — the 40 Recommendations plus IX Special Recommendations — and grey-lists or black-lists countries that fail them.
- 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.
- SettlorThe party who brings an AIF trust into existence — executing the trust deed with the trustee and conveying the initial sum that becomes the trust's first asset.
Where this is taught
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