Crisil Alternate Investment Funds Benchmarks

Crisil is the pioneer in benchmarks for the alternative investment funds (AIFs) industry in India.


Our benchmarks cover all the three broad categories of AIFs – Category I, II and III – and provide investors with a metric to compare an AIF’s performance with the category average.


The benchmarks have been developed taking into consideration various facets of the industry and are on a par with global performance metrics. 


For categories I and II, our AIF benchmarks use aspects such as pooled internal rate of return (IRR), investment multiples and ratios such as distribution to paid-in capital (DPI), residual value to paid-in capital (RVPI), and total value to paid-in capital (TVPI). We also provide benchmarks based on vintage years to bring in uniformity in the comparison of funds with similar first close timeline. Further, we calculate the public market equivalent (PME+) for Category I and II to compare the performance of the benchmarks with public market indices. 


For Category III, we have created an asset-weighted index using quarterly returns and the respective assets under management. We have considered only those vintage years when at least three schemes were available.

Crisil has also created 15 sub-category benchmarks across Categories I, II, and III.

 

Category I
 

- Venture capital funds
- Social Venture funds
- SME Funds



Category II
 

- Equity funds – Unlisted
- Equity funds – Listed + Unlisted
- Real estate funds
- Real estate funds - Residential
- Real Estate Funds – Residential (debt-         oriented)
- Debt funds
- Distressed asset funds



Category III
 

- Long-only Equity Funds
- Long-only Equity Funds (open-ended)
- Long-only Equity funds (closed-end)
- Long-short Equity Funds
- Hybrid funds



The sub-category benchmarks add further granularity to the AIF benchmarks and enable like-for-like comparison.


For all category and sub-category benchmarks, returns are calculated on post-expense, pre-carry, and pre-tax basis, and in rupees as well as US dollar.

Crisil AIF Benchmark – Cat I (INR)

Vintage year
No. of schemes
Pooled IRR (%)
Investment multiples and ratios
DPI
RVPI
TVPI
FY14
5
11.1
1.2
0.6
1.8
FY15
9
8.0
1.1
0.5
1.6
FY16
22
24.0
0.7
2.6
3.3
FY17
13
32.1
0.7
2.4
3.1
FY18
11
25.8
0.5
1.6
2.0
FY19
12
30.5
0.1
2.5
2.5
FY20
18
22.5
0.1
1.6
1.6
FY21
5
17.9
0.01
1.4
1.4
FY22
8
20.5
0.01
1.3
1.3
FY23
19
-5.6
0.00
1.0
1.0
Total schemes
122
        

Values as on March 31, 2024
DPI: Distributions to paid-in capital, RVPI: Residual Value to paid-in capital, TVPI: Total Value to paid-in capital
Schemes that have completed at least one year since their first close as on March 31, 2024, have been considered
Returns and ratios refer to post-expense, pre-carry, pre-tax values
Only those vintage years have been considered that have at least 3 schemes available. 
FY denotes financial year; for example, FY14 refers to period between April 2013 and March 2014
The total of DPI and RVPI may not add up to the TVPI number because of rounding off

 

Crisil AIF Benchmark – Cat I (USD)

Vintage year
No. of schemes
Pooled IRR (%)
Investment multiples and ratios
DPI
RVPI
TVPI
FY14
5
7.5
1.0
0.5
1.5
FY15
9
5.1
1.0
0.4
1.3
FY16
22
20.2
0.6
2.2
2.7
FY17
13
27.5
0.7
2.1
2.7
FY18
11
21.5
0.4
1.4
1.8
FY19
12
26.0
0.1
2.2
2.2
FY20
18
17.9
0.1
1.4
1.5
FY21
5
13.3
0.01
1.3
1.3
FY22
8
16.2
0.01
1.2
1.2
FY23
19
-7.3
0.00
0.9
0.9
Total schemes
122
        

Values as on March 31, 2024
DPI: Distributions to paid-in capital, RVPI: Residual Value to paid-in capital, TVPI: Total Value to paid-in capital
Schemes that have completed at least one year since their first close as on March 31, 2024, have been considered
Returns and ratios refer to post-expense, pre-carry, pre-tax values
Only those vintage years have been considered that have at least 3 schemes available. 
FY denotes financial year; for example, FY14 refers to period between April 2013 and March 2014
The total of DPI and RVPI may not add up to the TVPI number because of rounding off

Crisil AIF Benchmark – Cat II (INR)

Vintage year
No. of schemes
Pooled IRR (%)
Investment multiples and ratios
DPI
RVPI
TVPI
FY14
13
9.9
1.3
0.1
1.3
FY15
14
5.3
0.9
0.3
1.2
FY16
15
14.4
0.9
0.9
1.8
FY17
36
12.0
0.7
0.8
1.6
FY18
43
16.6
0.7
1.0
1.7
FY19
54
19.6
0.5
1.1
1.6
FY20
56
14.4
0.5
0.8
1.3
FY21
35
14.9
0.5
0.7
1.2
FY22
95
11.2
0.2
1.0
1.2
FY23
105
13.7
0.1
1.0
1.1
Total schemes
466
        

Values as on March 31, 2024
DPI: Distributions to paid-in capital, RVPI: Residual Value to paid-in capital, TVPI: Total Value to paid-in capital
Schemes that have completed at least one year since their first close as on March 31, 2024, have been considered
Returns and ratios refer to post-expense, pre-carry, pre-tax values
Only those vintage years have been considered that have at least 3 schemes available. 
FY denotes financial year; for example, FY14 refers to period between April 2013 and March 2014
The total of DPI and RVPI may not add up to the TVPI number because of rounding off

Crisil AIF Benchmark – Cat II (USD)

Vintage year
No. of schemes
Pooled IRR (%)
Investment multiples and ratios
DPI
RVPI
TVPI
FY14
13
7.1
1.2
0.05
1.2
FY15
14
2.4
0.8
0.3
1.1
FY16
15
11.2
0.8
0.8
1.6
FY17
36
8.2
0.7
0.7
1.4
FY18
43
12.4
0.6
0.9
1.5
FY19
54
15.5
0.5
1.0
1.5
FY20
56
10.2
0.5
0.7
1.2
FY21
35
10.5
0.5
0.6
1.2
FY22
95
7.0
0.1
1.0
1.1
FY23
105
11.8
0.1
1.0
1.1
Total schemes
466
        

Values as on March 31, 2024
DPI: Distributions to paid-in capital, RVPI: Residual Value to paid-in capital, TVPI: Total Value to paid-in capital
Schemes that have completed at least one year since their first close as on March 31, 2024, have been considered
Returns and ratios refer to post-expense, pre-carry, pre-tax values
Only those vintage years have been considered that have at least 3 schemes available. 
FY denotes financial year; for example, FY14 refers to period between April 2013 and March 2014
The total of DPI and RVPI may not add up to the TVPI number because of rounding off

Crisil AIF Index - Cat III

Index
1-year (%)
2-year (%)
3-year (%)
5-year (%)
7-year (%)
10-year (%)
Since inception^
(June 30, 2013) (%)
Crisil AIF Index – Cat III (INR)
31.1
13.5
16.0
14.9
12.4
14.4
14.8
Crisil AIF Index – Cat III (USD)
29.2
8.2
11.3
10.7
8.4
10.7
11.3

Values as on March 31, 2024
Schemes that have completed at least one year since their first close as on March 31, 2024, have been considered. In all, 301 schemes have been considered for the above analysis
Returns refer to post-expense, pre-carry, pre-tax values. Returns for more than one year are annualised
^Since availability of at least three schemes, i.e., June 30, 2013

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