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RBI allows greater flexibility in the pricing of instruments to boost foreign investment

04 Feb 2015 Evaluate

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may not have obliged the India Inc with another rate cut but it has decided to liberalise FDI norms by allowing greater flexibility in the pricing of instruments with a view to attract more investments from overseas. The apex bank in its sixth bi-monthly policy announcement stated that with a view to meeting the emerging needs of foreign direct investment in various sectors with different financing needs and varying risk perceptions as also to offer the investor some protection against downside risks, it has been decided in consultation with the Government of India to introduce greater flexibility in the pricing of instruments/securities, including an assured return at an appropriate discount over the sovereign yield curve through an embedded optionality clause or in any other manner.

RBI on a review of the external sector outlook and as a further exercise in macro-prudential management, also decided to enhance the limit under the LRS to $250,000 per person per year. The limit was enhanced to $ 125,000 in June 2014 without end-use restrictions. In another decision, RBI allowed the Sebi-registered foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) reinvestment of coupons in government securities even when the existing limits are fully utilised with a residual maturity of three years. Also, to develop money and G-sec markets by allowing market participants greater flexibility to hedge their interest rate risks, it has been decided to permit stock exchanges to introduce cash settled IRF (interest rate futures) contracts on 5-7-year and 13-15 year G-secs.

Currently, FPIs can invest up to $30 billion in Government securities, of which $ 5 billion is reserved for long-term investors. FPIs are permitted to invest in g-secs with a minimum residual maturity of three years. But there are no such conditions to invest in corporate bonds.

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