Alternative Investment Funds Can Give You The Edge You Need

There was a time when most investors desired only two things from their savings, i.e., safety and liquidity. This would explain why many people from a few generations back preferred to keep their money in cash and why even today, a large number of people keep a significant amount of money in their savings bank accounts. However, with the passage of time, things started changing. Investor needs became more nuanced, investors themselves started becoming more aware about their portfolio requirements, and a lot more innovation started happening on the investment product side. Today, investors have nuanced requirements and are focused on optimising the risk adjusted returns of their portfolios. Perhaps, that would explain the sharp rise in the number of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in India and the corresponding growth in commitments raised by these funds. As of 31st July 2022, India...