WHY AIF - Comparison & Advantages Of AIF To Traditional Investment Funds
Stelios AIF CAT III | Equity Mutual Fund | Equity PMS | |
Equity upside participation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Downside protection | Yes | No | Limited |
Investment Flexibility for the Manager | Yes | No | Yes |
Ability to take advantage of the short side | Yes | No | No |
Use of leverage to enhance returns | Yes | No | No |
Exposure to Hedge Fund styled algorithms | Yes | No | No |
Investment Manager orientation | Absolute return | Relative return | Relative return |
Advantages of AIF CAT III Fund
1. Active Management | 2. Long/Short allowed |
3. Leverage up to 2X allowed | 4. Participation in Equity downturns |
5. Hedge Fund styles allowed | 6. Quantitative algorithms allowed |
7. Net lower correlation with benchmarks | 8. Lower systematic risk vs benchmarks |
9. Lower Value-at-Risk (VaR) vs benchmarks | 10. Higher Sharpe ratios vs benchmarks |
11. Diversification across sectors | 12. Diversification across asset classes |
13. Exposure to Alternative strategiest |