What are Alternative Asset Services?

Alternative asset services refer to the professional support and solutions provided to manage, administer and ensure compliance for non-traditional investment vehicles. The services help fund managers and investors to handle complex regulatory, operational, and reporting requirements under SEBI and other applicable authorities.

With Enterslice’s online certified alternative asset advisors, efficient management of alternative asset services strengthens investor confidence, enhances transparency, and helps avoid regulatory penalties or operational disruptions. Proper compliance and administration also support long-term fund performance and credibility in the investment ecosystem.

Compliant Fund Operations Under SEBI Regulations

Minimizes Regulatory Risks and Non-Compliant Penalties

Simplifies Reporting, Valuation, and Investor Documentation

Supports Smooth Fund Administration & Efficient Asset Management

Cater to HNIs, Institutional Investors, and Family Offices

Manage your Alternative Assets through our Alternative Asset Management Services

Let our experts at Enterslice handle your AIF compliance, reporting, and regulatory requirements with accuracy and efficiency through alternative asset management services.

get_started_img

Who are the Investors in Alternative Assets?

The investors in alternative assets typically include individuals and institutions seeking higher returns, portfolio diversification, and long-term growth. The key categories include:

  • High-Net-Worth Individuals :- It includes wealthy and high-net-worth individuals looking for sophisticated investment opportunities beyond traditional stocks and bonds.
  • Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals :- It includes investors with significant capital who allocate funds to private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, and real estate assets.
  • Family Offices :- It includes private investment entities managing the wealth of affluent families, often investing in AIFs and alternative funds for stable growth.
  • Institutional Investors :- It includes pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds investing in large-scale alternative asset portfolios.
  • Corporate Investors :- It includes companies investing in venture capital, private equity, and strategic alternative investments to diversify or support innovation.

What are the Key Benefits of Alternative Asset Management Services?

The benefits of alternative asset management services are as discussed below:

Portfolio Diversification

Alternative asset management helps investors spread risk by adding non-traditional assets such as private equity, venture capital, real estate, hedge funds, and other alternatives to their portfolio.

Potential for Higher Returns

Alternative asset management often provides superior long-term returns compared to traditional investments, especially in private markets.

Enhanced Tax & Regulatory Efficiency

Through the alternative asset services, the professional managers ensure that fund structures, reporting, and compliance obligations are handled correctly, helping investors benefit from available tax efficiencies and avoid regulatory issues.

Risk Mitigation

Alternative asset management services typically show lower correlation with public markets, reducing portfolio volatility and protecting against market fluctuations.

Fund Administration and Governance

Asset managers provide expert valuation, investor reporting, regulatory compliance, and operational oversight, ensuring transparency and strong governance throughout the fund’s lifecycle.

Entry to Global Marketplace

Alternative asset services allow entry to global private marketplaces, including international private equity, venture capital, real estate, and alternative funds.

What to Consider Before Investing in Alternative Asset Solutions?

Some of the important factors that need to be considered before investing in alternative asset solutions are as discussed below:

Assessing Your Risk Tolerance

Alternative assets often involve higher risk, longer lock-in periods, and less predictable returns. Understanding whether your financial goals and risk appetite align with these characteristics is essential.

Conducting Due Diligence

Conducting due diligence on the investment strategy, fund performance history, fee structure, risk profile, and track record of the investment managers is necessary to reduce exposure to poorly managed or high-risk alternative assets.

Evaluate Liquidity Needs

Most alternative assets are illiquid, and many require capital to be locked in for several years. It further ensures that you do not need quick access to the invested funds.

Review Regulatory and Compliance Requirements

Understanding the different categories of alternative investments and funds, and complying with specific SEBI regulations, helps enable compliant, informed decision-making.

Understand Fee Structure

Understanding the management fees, performance fee, and operational fees helps you assess the true return potential of alternative investments.

Consult Investment or Financial Advisor

A professional advisor helps navigate complexities, assess suitability, and ensure the chosen alternative investment aligns with your financial strategy and risk profile.

From setup to exit, we cover 360° of your alternative asset lifecycle.

What are the Key Components of Alternative Asset Services?

The alternative asset services that support the management and compliance of various non-traditional investment categories include the key components as discussed below:

req_icon

Private Equity & Venture Capital Support

Alternative asset services include fund setup, deal evaluation, portfolio monitoring, investor reporting, valuation support, and compliance for investments in private companies and startups.

req_icon

Hedge Funds Administration

It includes pooled investment funds that use diverse and often complex strategies to generate returns and are subject to fewer regulations than traditional funds.

req_icon

Real Estate Fund Management

Alternative asset services include services for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and real estate, including property valuation, financial modelling, regulatory compliance, and fund administration.

req_icon

Private Credit Management

It includes loans and debt instruments that are not traded on public exchanges, such as corporate private debt, peer-to-peer lending, and invoice discounting.

req_icon

Commodities & Natural Resource Fund Support

It includes services for fund investing in energy, metal, and other commodities, including risk analysis, compliance, and periodic reporting.

req_icon

Infrastructure Fund Services

The administration of infrastructure-focused funds includes project evaluation, compliance management, financial reporting, and investor correspondence.

req_icon

Collectables & Alternative Tangible Assets

Support for funds dealing in art, luxury goods, and rare items, thereby ensuring proper valuation, documentation, and regulatory adherence.

req_icon

Digital Assets and Crypto Fund Administration

Alternative asset services include compliance, NAV reporting, transaction monitoring, and custody coordination for crypto-focussed alternative funds.

req_icon

Structured Product Management

It ensures oversight and administration for complex financial instruments, thereby ensuring accurate valuation, performance reporting, and risk management.

Difference Between Traditional and Alternative Investments

When comparing traditional assets with alternative assets, several key differences are crucial in determining which investment options are best suited to your financial goals:

Aspect Traditional Investments Alternative Investments
Examples Stocks, bonds, cash, mutual funds, gold Private equity, hedge funds, real estate, commodities, venture capital
Liquidity Highly liquid assets, easily bought and sold in marketplaces. Low liquidity assets, often illiquid with long lock-up periods.
Risk Generally lower risk with more stable returns. Higher risk and greater volatility.
Rate of Return Moderate and more predictable returns. Potentially higher returns but with greater volatility.
Transparency High transparency due to public market trading and regulatory oversight. Lower transparency, especially for private assets.
Accessibility Highly accessible to average investors with lower barriers to entry. Lower accessibility, often requiring higher capital, specialised knowledge, or accredited investor status.

Why Trust Enterslice for Alternative Asset Services?

Managing alternative assets requires strong compliance, accurate reporting, and expert oversight. Connect Enterslice simplifies fund administration and regulatory management for AIFs, private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate funds, and other alternative investment vehicles. Here are some of the reasons why Enterslice is the most preferred partner for alternative asset services:

  • Deep expertise in AIF regulations and SEBI compliance
  • India’s No.1 alternative asset support team
  • End-to-end fund setup and administration support
  • Trusted network of 10,000+ legal, financial, and compliance experts
  • Comprehensive reporting and investor management services
  • Strong track record of successful fund registrations and compliance
  • Offer services across 5000+ pin codes in India
  • Ongoing SEBI and Regulatory update monitoring services
  • Robust post-compliance and operational support
  • Holistic support across the fund lifecycle services
  • Regulatory expertise and PAN India high success rate
  • Customized support to meet the specific needs of different alternative assets
  • Top solutions for alternative asset management

Frequently Asked Questions on Alternative Asset Services

Alternative assets are investments that fall outside traditional asset classes such as stocks, bonds, and cash. These assets are often less liquid, less regulated, and have a low correlation with traditional markets, meaning they may not react the same way to market changes.

The three main types of alternative investment funds, as categorized by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, are category I, II, and III. Category I AIFs focus on socially or economically desirable investments, such as venture capital and infrastructure; Category II AIFs invest in private equity and debt; and Category III AIFs employ high-risk trading strategies, such as hedge funds.

Partially yes, investing in AIF is not inherently safe or unsafe. However, its risk level depends on the specific fund structure, strategy, and management. It carries higher risks than traditional investments, such as mutual funds.

No, alternative investment funds in India are not entirely tax-free in India. However, the taxation depends heavily on their category and the nature of their income.

There is no single, best AIF fund, as the ideal choice depends entirely on an investor’s specific risk tolerance, investment goals, and time horizon.

Traditional investment strategies allow investing in managed funds, such as mutual funds, and in publicly traded securities, such as stocks and bonds, whereas alternative asset strategies offer greater flexibility to pursue superior long-term performance.

To make an alternative asset investment, you can invest directly in a specific asset or indirectly through investment vehicles, such as alternative investment funds, exchange-traded funds, or mutual funds.

The growth of alternative assets is driven by the search for higher returns and diversification, especially when traditional assets like stocks and bonds are volatile or yield lower returns due to factors such as inflation and market uncertainty.

Related Services

Our Awards Our Awards

Top 100 Companies in Asia - Red Herring
Top 100 Companies in Asia - Red Herring

Red Herring Top 100 Asia enlists outstanding entrepreneurs and promising companies. It selects the award winners from approximately 2000 privately financed companies each year in the Asia. Since 1996, Red Herring has kept tabs on these up-and-comers. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Google, Facebook, Kakao, Alibaba, Twitter, Rakuten, Salesforce.com, Xiaomi and YouTube would change the way we live and work.

Top 25 in India - Consultants Review

Researchers have found out that organization using new technologies in their accounting and tax have better productivity as compared to those using the traditional methods. Complying with the recent technological trends in the accounting industry, Enterslice was formed to focus on the emerging start up companies and bring innovation in their traditional Chartered Accountants & Legal profession services, disrupt traditional Chartered Accountants practice mechanism & Lawyers.

Top 25 in India - Consultants Review

We partner with more than 100+ companies

-- Testimonials

Don't take our word for it

In the news