Checklist · everything you have read, applied
By Niko Hatziiosifidis · last reviewed 23 Aug 2026
Everything you have read in one checklist — every question can be answered directly with our database.
With an investment horizon of under five years this type of fund is rarely the right choice — however good the fund is.
Redemption frequency, notice period, gate, lock-up — our liquidity score sums up exactly that.
Look at ongoing costs plus the performance fee with its hurdle — not just the one per centage figure from the advertising.
Asset class and strategy (buyout? direct lending? core infrastructure?) determine the risk and the source of return.
Distribution authorisation in Germany and the minimum investment decide whether the fund is available to you at all.
All the technical terms that appear in the database and on the fund pages — explained briefly and simply.
Once the five questions are answered, three deeper chapters will help you with the next step: how and where you actually subscribe to an ELTIF, what is coming your way in tax terms — and what the critics say and how much of it holds up.