Setting Up Alternative Investment Funds
in GIFT City
Guide to setting up Alternative Investment Funds in GIFT City GIFT City’s IFSC is India’s onshore jurisdiction for international financial services, and AIFs here are managed through regulated Fund Management Entities (FMEs) under the IFSCA framework. FMEs are authorised under the IFSCA (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022 to run AIFs and related strategies, including venture capital,
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in GIFT City
Guide to setting up an Ancillary Service Provider in GIFT City TLDR GIFT City’s IFSC is India’s onshore zone for international financial business—and ancillary service providers (ASPs) exist to support that ecosystem (not to run regulated financial services themselves). An ASP is a registered (not licensed) category under IFSCA, meant for services that support financial
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Funds in GIFT City
Setting up Family Investment Funds in GIFT City GIFT City’s IFSC is India’s onshore jurisdiction for international financial services, and AIFs here are managed through regulated Fund Management Entities (FMEs) under the IFSCA framework. FMEs are authorised under the IFSCA (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022 to run AIFs and related strategies, including venture capital, private equity,
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Entity in GIFT City
What is GIFT City? GIFT City—short for Gujarat International Finance Tec-City—was conceived as a very specific solution to a long-standing problem in India’s financial landscape: how to host genuinely international financial activity without pushing it offshore. Physically, it sits between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Functionally, however, it operates in a space that is deliberately
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