Sebi’s diktat for AIF benchmarking may lead to sub-categorisation

The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) diktat for benchmarking the performance of alternative investment funds (AIFs) may necessitate the creation of sub-categories.

SEBI proposes mandatory benchmarking of AIFs

On 5th December, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) floated a consultation paper on Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).The benchmarking agencies are to be appointed by an industry body of AIFs which must include at least 50% of registered AIFs.

What the EU Benchmarks Regulation Means for US Firms

While the EU’s Benchmark Regulation (BMR) has its genesis in Europe, the Regulation is equally important to benchmark Administrators, Contributors and Users in the US.

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Bespoke Indices

Besides customising our existing indices and business processes to suit client needs, we can design bespoke indices

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Due to our flexible IT infrastructure, we are able to provide iNAV or IV values with minimal lag for mutual funds and ETP products.

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To avoid conflict of interest we also administer an index and build a framework that complies with the local regulatory framework

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Technology being the core building block of our team, we are able to flexibly structure our products and their delivery in the most accessible form

Market Concetration Indices

The Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI), better known as the Herfindahl index, is a statistical measure of concentration. It has achieved an unusual degree of visibility for a statistical index because of its use by the competition regulators to analyse the competitive effects of mergers. The aim of such an evaluation is to ascertain if sanctioning the proposed merger would result in an appreciable adverse effect on competition (AAEC) or not.