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Investments through P-notes continue to fall; decline to Rs 83,688 crore in June

24 Jul 2018 Evaluate

Amid stringent norms put in place by the watchdog the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to check misuse of these instruments, the share of foreign portfolio investments (FPI) in domestic capital markets through participatory notes (P-notes) dropped to more than nine-year low of Rs 83,688 crore at June-end. This is the lowest level since April 2009 when the cumulative value of such investments stood at Rs 72,314 crore. According to SEBI data, total value of P-Notes investments in Indian markets including equity, debt and derivatives, at April end fall to Rs 83,688 crore from Rs 93,497 crore in the end of May and Rs 1,00,245 crore in April.

Of the total investments made in June, P-note holdings in equities were at Rs 61,786 crore, while in debts and derivatives were at Rs 18,493 crore and Rs 3,409 crore respectively. Besides, the quantum of FPI investments via P-notes slipped to 2.6% during the period under review from 2.9% in the preceding month. P-note investments were on a decline since June last year and hit an over eight-year low in September. However, these investments rose slightly in October but fell again in November and the trend continued till June this year.

The decline could be attributed to several measures taken by the market watchdog to stop the misuse of the controversy-ridden participatory notes. In July 2017, SEBI had notified stricter norms stipulating a fee of $1,000 on each instrument to check any misuse for channelising black money. It had also prohibited FPIs from issuing such notes where the underlying asset is a derivative, except those which are used for hedging purposes. These measures were an outcome of a slew of other steps taken by the regulator in the recent past. In April last year, the SEBI had barred resident Indians, NRIs and entities owned by them from making investment through P-notes.

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