Adapting to a More Discerning Investment Landscape: A Shift from Participation to Differentiation

India's Alternative Investment Landscape Evolves

Market Overview India's financial landscape has been significantly shaped by mutual funds, which have enabled access, built trust in markets, and broadened participation among retail and institutional investors. However, as markets mature and investor awareness deepens, portfolios require differentiation to pursue alpha beyond standardized mandates.

Growing Importance of PMS and AIFs Portfolio Management Services (PMS) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) assume strategic importance in this transition, providing specialization, mandate flexibility, concentrated exposure, and access to private markets, private credit, venture capital, and patient capital structures.

Alternates Summit & Awards 2026 The Alternates Summit & Awards 2026, hosted by PMS AIF WORLD on 27th and 28th February 2026, brings together over 35 leading fund managers, CIOs, and capital allocators, along with 15 distinguished partners from the PMS and AIF industry. The summit offers over 12 hours of focused dialogue curated for serious investors, wealth managers, family offices, and market participants seeking deeper understanding of alternative strategies.

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Agenda Highlights

• Day 1: Examines the broader investing landscape, exploring avenues for equity-like returns outside traditional Indian equities, and discussing superior investing structures designed to deliver high alpha with low beta.
• Day 2: Shifts toward enduring frameworks and alternative strategies, including value investing, growth investing, and private credit funds.

Awards and Recognition The summit culminates with the Smart Money Manager Awards, presented in association with IIM Ahmedabad, recognizing fund managers through transparent, data-driven evaluation frameworks that reward consistency, discipline, and intellectual honesty.

Ticket Price and Registration The ticket price to attend the summit is Rs 5,000, but readers can use the exclusive code MC5000 to avail 100% complimentary registration.

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