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Partner in the Investment Funds Practice at Mumbai office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Vivaik has over 11 years of experience of advising reputed fund houses on structuring and setting up investment vehicles like including venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds, PIPE funds, fund of funds, pre-IPO funds. He has advised fund managers in structuring and formation of bespoke investment structures, obtaining regulatory approvals and with investor disputes. Vivaik has also represented DFIs and sovereign investor for their investments in fund vehicles and set-up curated managed accounts for global investors. He can be reached at vivaik.sharma@cyrilshroff.com.

SEBI Prescribes New Registration Requirement

Marking a significant departure from the erstwhile position, SEBI has mandated that Cat I and II AIF managers should procure Portfolio Management license for facilitating Co-investments

Fund managers desirous of facilitating Co-investments for contributors, sponsors or themselves, in connection with their Category I or Category II AIFs (“Cat I and/or II AIFs”), shall be required to register themselves with SEBI as ‘Co-investment Portfolio Manager’ (as defined below) i.e. a new category of portfolio managers under SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 2020 (“SEBI PM Regulations”), effective from December 9, 2021.Continue Reading SEBI Prescribes New Registration Requirement for Cat I & II AIF Managers Facilitating Co-Investments

SEBI Notifies Renewed Process for PPM Filing by AIFs

“PPM filings will now be based on due diligence by merchant bankers

I.  Introduction

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) at its board meeting held on August 6, 2021, announced a wide array of changes to the regulatory regime governing alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) in India. We had analysed the amendments and their effect in a prior regulatory update. Amongst the changes announced was a procedural update. The securities regulator had mandated that all private placement memoranda (“PPM”), the offer document shared with potential investors in an AIF, must be filed with it through a merchant banker.Continue Reading SEBI Notifies Renewed Process for PPM Filing by AIFs

SEBI Regulatory Update

There have been significant changes to the regulatory regime governing alternative investment funds (“AIFs”)[1] in the past year and a half. In its Board Meeting dated August 06, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) approved a fresh set of amendments to the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (“AIF Regulations”), governing AIFs, intended to ease compliance requirements, provide greater investment flexibility and streamline regulatory processes. A regulatory circular giving effect to these proposed amendments is awaited.Continue Reading SEBI Regulatory Update : Proposed Amendments to AIF Regulations

Funds in GIFT City - FAQs & Structuring Insights Blog

 A. Introduction

Gujarat International Fin-Tec City (“GIFT City”) is being developed as a global financial and IT Services hub on the lines of globally benchmarked financial centres. It includes a Special Economic Zone having the status of an International Finance Services Centre (“IFSC”). The IFSC is set up to undertake financial services transactions that are currently carried out outside India by overseas financial institutions and overseas branches/ subsidiaries of Indian financial institutions. 
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SEBI Clarifies Key Aspects of Investment Advisers Regulations through Informal Guidance

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), through its interpretive letter, issued upon the request of Paytm Money Limited (“Paytm”) under the SEBI (Informal Guidance) Scheme, 2003 (“Informal Guidance Scheme”), on April 09, 2021, has clarified that investment advisers (“IAs”), registered with SEBI under the SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013 (“IA Regulations”), may not: (i) be reimbursed from the asset management companies for any expenses incurred for services rendered to their clients, even though the adviser may not be charging any advisory or execution fees; (ii) seek electronic consent from clients prior to rendering any investment advice, instead of a signed investment advisory agreement; and (iii) appoint a department head, who is not a managing director or designated director or managing chairman or executive chairman or any other equivalent management body of the IA, as its ‘principal officer’.
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Year 2020 in Review - The Funds Perspective

Remembering the year 2020 could easily turn one pensive. The year posed unprecedented challenges for the funds industry, driving-forth fundamental changes in the manner business would be conducted alongside the pandemic. The year also marked an important milestone in the ever-evolving regulatory landscape, with several amendments critical for funds and fund managers being rolled out.Continue Reading Year 2020 in Review: The Funds Perspective