Disposition of unliquidated assets has been a major challenge for some Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”). Most AIFs in the market today are close ended i.e., they have a fixed tenure, within which AIF managers are expected to fully exit the AIF’s portfolio investments. The recent data on AIFs, published by Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), indicates that AIF investments in unlisted securities are significantly higher (almost by a factor of 2.8) than that in listed securities. SEBI has increased its scrutiny of those AIFs which are seeking tenure extensions, are in the midst of their liquidation period or are struggling with expired liquidation period.Continue Reading Alternative Investment Funds: Dealing with unliquidated investments