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P-note investments decline to Rs 79,088 crore at August-end

17 Sep 2019 Evaluate

Continuing declining trend for the third consecutive month, the share of foreign portfolio investments (FPI) in domestic capital markets through participatory notes (P-notes) stood at Rs 79,088 crore in August-end. Investments through P-notes has been declining since June, while the month of May had registered an increase over the previous month. P-notes are issued by registered foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to overseas investors who wish to be a part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly after going through a due diligence process.

According to the latest data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the cumulative value of P-note investments in the domestic markets -- equity, debt, and derivatives -- fell to Rs 79,088 crore till August-end from Rs 81,082 crore in July-end. In June-end, the investment was at Rs 81,913 crore, while it was at Rs 82,619 crore in the end of May and Rs 81,220 crore in April-end.

Out of the total investments made till the end of August, Rs 52,150 crore was invested in the equities segment, Rs 26,259 crore in debt and Rs 678 crore in the derivatives market. The use of P-notes has been on a decline since 2017 and slumped to a nine-and-a-half year low of Rs 66,587 crore in October-end due to gradual measures taken by regulatory bodies to curb the usage of P-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 that are used for hedging purposes. Recently, the board of SEBI has approved a proposal to rationalise the framework for issuance of P-notes -- an instrument once very popular with foreign investors.

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