SIFs – Specialized Investment Funds (Lux)
What are SIFs - Specialized Investment Funds (Lux)
SIFs – Specialised Investment Funds (Lux) are regulated, operationally flexible, and fiscally efficient multipurpose investment fund vehicles operating in a fund regime for an international, institutional, and qualified investor base. Hence, and in comparison with institutional funds created under Part II of the Law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment, the SIF is characterized by greater flexibility about the investment policy and a more relaxed regulatory regime.
Hence, “well-informed” investors requiring limited protection and looking for investment flexibility suitable to their expertise and needs can invest in SIFs – Specialized Investment Funds (Lux). This term comprises Other investors who confirm in writing that they adhere to the status of “well-informed” investors and who either (i) invest a minimum of EUR 125,000 or (ii) have been assessed by a credit institution, an investment firm, or a management company, which certifies the investors’ ability to understand the risks associated with investing in the SIF.
Which Investment classes are suitable for a SIF?
Therefore, SIFs – Specialized Investment Funds (Lux) are flexible investment vehicles, allowing a more comprehensive range of “Alternative Investments” according to individual needs. The Luxembourg Law classifies a SIF as an entity for “well-informed” investors requiring limited protection and looking for investment flexibility suitable to their particular expertise and needs (see above).
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Legal Forms of a SIF
A SIF may take the legal form of a common fund (FCP – fonds commun de placement) or may be constituted as an investment company (SICAV – Société d’investissement à capital variable or SICAF – Société d’investissement à capital fixe). Other legal forms are possible. The FCP has no legal personality and thus must be managed by a management company.
A SICAV/SICAF may take one of six possible legal forms:
- Partnership Limited by Shares
- Limited Partnership
- Special Limited partnership
- Private Limited Company
- Public Limited Company
- Co-operative Company
These different entities may be set up as a single fund or umbrella fund consisting of multiple compartments, each with a foreign investment policy. The compartment of an umbrella SIF can invest in one or more other compartments of the same SIF. The fund and compartments may have an unlimited number of share classes, depending on the needs of the investors to whom the fund is distributed.
The structures may be open-ended or closed-ended for both subscriptions and redemptions.
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