Finberg suggests a range of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to their clients as part of their investment offerings. AIFs are a diverse group of investment vehicles that are not traditional stocks, bonds, cash, etc. They can include hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, commodity funds, etc.
When suggesting categories of AIFs, Finberg would likely consider factors such as risk tolerance, investment goals, time horizon, and liquidity needs of their clients. They might categorise AIFs based on asset classes, investment strategy, geographical focus, or industry sector.
Category I AIF: Various start-ups, early-stage ventures, social ventures, SMEs, or infrastructure or other sectors make better use of this kind of AIF. It is considered socially or economically beneficial by the government or regulators.
Category II AIF: These are the types of AIFs that do not use leverage or debts to cover their day-to-day operational expenses. Private equity fund ensures investment in unlisted stocks and Debt fund is investment in the debt securities of the unlisted companies.
Category III AIF: These types of AIFs use complex trading strategies in their investment which leverage debt for investment in listed or unlisted derivatives. The funds that are included in Category III are investment in Public Equity Fund, hedge fund etc.
Private Investment in Public Equity Fund (PIPE): Finberg suggests investing in the equity of companies that are listed on the stock exchange and the the value of the company’s shares has dropped, the company is looking to raise capital. Hence, AIFs receive the equity at discounted price.
Hedge Funds: Hedge funds use various investment strategies like short selling, arbitrage, futures, derivatives and margin trading to generate maximum returns for the investor.
AIF Taxation.
Since AIF is suitable for High net worth individuals, the taxation becomes an important point to consider as per the taxation norms of India Category 1st and category 2nd (Other than business income)are exempted from tax. Individuals have to pay taxes for Category 3rd type of investment. However, one can save taxes by making suitable investment strategy with Finberg