The share of foreign portfolio investments (FPI) in domestic capital markets through participatory notes (P-notes) jumped Rs 79,513 crore at the end of December 2018, amid markets regulator SEBI relaxing norms for clubbing of investment limits by well-regulated foreign investors.
According to SEBI data, total value of P-note investments in Indian markets including equity, debt and derivatives, at December end climbed to Rs 79,513 crore from Rs 79,247 crore at the end of November. In October, the value of P-note investments stood at Rs 66,587 crore. Of the total, P-note holdings in equities at December-end were at Rs 56,747 crore, while in debts and derivatives were at Rs 21,811 crore and Rs 977 crore respectively. Besides, the quantum of FPI investments via P-notes remains unchanged at 2.5 per cent during the period under review.
FPIs have stamped their influence strongly in 2018 after their stiff resistance to the proposed changes in norms for recording beneficiary ownership of their funds forced the regulator to have a re-think and eventually change the rules. P-note investments were on a decline since June 2017 and hit an over eight-year low in September 2017. However, it rose in October 2017 but again dropped in November and this trend continued till July 2018.
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