Qualified Investors
A qualified investor is an individual investor or a solely owned corporation in which one of the following conditions is met:
What is a qualified (accredited) investor?
Wealth
The total value of the investor's liquid assets exceeds 8 million shekels.
Income
Income level over both of the last two years exceeds 1.2 million shekels, or jointly within the family unit's income exceeds 1.8 million shekels.
Assets
The total value of liquid assets owned by the investor is more than 5 million shekels, with an annual income over the last two years of over 600,000 shekels, or jointly within the family unit of 900,000 shekels.
Liquid Assets:
“Liquid assets” refers to cash, bank deposits and financial assets as defined in the law, “Regulation of Investment Advice Consultancy Services, Marketing of Investments and Investment Portfolio Management 1995 (5755)” and securities traded on the stock exchange.
“Financial assets” refers to units as defined by the mutual investment law, shares or units of a fund registered outside of
Israel, options, futures contracts, structured products, index fund products, as well as advanced study funds, or as decided upon by the Israeli Minister of Finance in consultation with the Finance Authority and with permission of the Knesset Finance Committee.
A “family unit” refers to an individual and family members that reside together or are mutually financially dependent.
Advantages of a Qualified Investor:
If you meet one of the definitions of the law and are recognized as a qualified investor, you will not come under the jurisdiction (in some instances) of the Israel Securities Authority; nevertheless you will be considered to be similar to an institutional
investor/institutional entity which is able to participate in investments that are not available to ordinary investors.
