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RBI expands the investment basket of eligible instruments of FPIs

18 Nov 2016 Evaluate

In larger move to attract more overseas investments, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expand the list of eligible debt instruments for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to put their money in unlisted corporate debt securities as well as securitised debt instruments. FPIs can invest in any kind of debt instrument; provided the residual maturity of the paper is three years and the proceeds are not used in real estate.

As per the RBI circular, FPIs can invest in unlisted corporate debt securities in the form of non-convertible debentures/bonds having a minimum residual maturity of three years. However, investments in securitised debt instruments would not require having minimum three-year residual maturity. The apex bank added that FPIs would collectively be able to invest a maximum of Rs 35,000 crore in these instruments and that this Rs 35,000-crore limit would be a part of the overall limit that FPIs have to adhere to for investment in domestic corporate bonds.

The step was first announced in the Union Budget 2016-17. Investment by FPIs in the unlisted corporate debt securities and securitised debt instruments shall not exceed Rs 35,000 crore within the extant investment limits prescribed for corporate bond from time to time, which currently is Rs 2,44,323 crore and FPIs have utilised around 71 per cent of that limit, which amounts to slightly over Rs 1.68 lakh crore.

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