A portfolio management service is a SEBI-regulated account in which a manager runs shares and bonds held in your own name. How the ₹50 lakh minimum, mandate types, accounts and reporting work.
An alternative investment fund is a SEBI-registered, privately pooled vehicle with a ₹1 crore minimum. Here is how its structure, PPM, units, drawdowns, tenure and exits work.
A PMS holds shares in your own name, so every sale is a taxable event for you in that year. FY 2026-27 rates, dividends, advance tax, the fee debate, losses and the statements your chartered accountant needs.
What a PMS client pays: fixed and performance fees, the hurdle and high-water mark with a worked example, 18% GST, the 0.50% cap on operating expenses, SEBI exit load caps and how distributors are paid.
Close-ended AIFs cannot be judged like mutual funds. Learn what IRR, DPI, RVPI and TVPI measure, why early returns dip, and how SEBI's benchmarking and valuation rules help.
SEBI's investor charter allows up to 7 working days to open a PMS account for resident individuals, and 14 for NRIs and non-individual clients, once documents are complete. Here is each step: KYC, the agreement and power of attorney, your PMS demat, funding, reports, withdrawals, exit load and exit.
A step-by-step PMS due diligence checklist: verify the manager, read its track record against the APMI benchmark, and weigh strategy fit, concentration, churn, fees, exit terms and red flags.
Three SEBI-regulated routes to a long-short strategy compared: Category III AIF (₹1 crore, leverage up to two times NAV), SIF (₹10 lakh, unhedged shorts up to 25% of net assets) and PMS (₹50 lakh, your own shares).
Category I and II AIFs pass income to you with its character intact, with 10% TDS for residents; Category III AIFs pay tax at the fund level. How it works for FY 2026-27, with forms, losses and a worked example.
SEBI's accredited investor framework lets investors who clear income or net worth tests go below the usual ₹1 crore AIF, ₹50 lakh PMS and ₹10 lakh SIF minimums. Here is how it works.
SEBI's three AIF categories share a ₹1 crore minimum but differ in what they invest in, how long they lock capital, whether they can borrow and who pays the tax.
Investing in an AIF means committing at least ₹1 crore, signing the PPM, paying capital calls over 12 to 24 months, waiting out a multi-year lock-in for distributions or a unit transfer, and reporting pass-through income on Form 64C or Form 78.
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