Alternate Assets

FAQs

• Why Invest in Alternate Assets?

  Alternate Investments can act as an excellent portfolio diversifier. Alternate assets usually have a low correlation with traditional assets and also fetch better returns than regular FDs. Investing in alternate assets gives you the flexibility to invest across various returns, pre-defined tenure and risks.

• How to invest in Alternate Assets with Altius?

  We have made investments simple for our clients. You can invest with Altius’ platform in three simple steps.

  1. Sign up and complete your KYC with us
  2. Explore Alternative investment opportunities on the platform and find the right fit for your portfolio
  3. Start Investing in Alternate assets to generate better returns

• What is the minimum investment when investing in these assets?

  With Altius you can start investing in Alternate assets for as low as ₹ 10,000. But this might vary for different assets depending upon the asset class and the asset issuer.

• What Alternate asset class can I invest in with Altius?

  With Altius you can invest in Private Equity (Unlisted shares), Bonds, Market Linked Debentures and Government Securities. Further, we plan on bringing Fractional Real Estate and P2P investing onto Altius’ Platform for our investors.

• What are Corporate Bonds?

  Bonds are a debt instrument. Corporations issue bonds to raise money. When you invest in a bond, you are lending money to the issuer, i.e. the company that issues the bonds. The company repays the money on a specific date i.e. the maturity date, or follows a pre-defined payment structure. The company also usually pays a stated interest on your investments on pre-defined dates.

• What are market Linked Debentures?

  Market Linked Debentures are structured products. These are Non-convertible debentures for which the returns are linked to the performance of an underlying index (such as NIFTY or G-sec) along with capital protection. You either receive returns based on the performance of the underlying index while your capital is protected in case the market is significantly unfavourable.

• What are Government Securities (G-Secs)?

  Government securities are safer as compared to bank FDs and also fetch better returns. It is an instrument that the Central or State Government issues to raise money. G-Sec carries partially no risk and is also called a risk-free instrument. Central Government issues both Treasury bills (Short term debt instruments with a maturity of less than one year) and Government Bonds (Long term debt instruments with a maturity of one year or more). Whereas the State government only issue bonds, also called SDL (State Development Loans).