SEBI allows IDFs to extend scheme’s tenure by up to 2 years

18 Apr 2013 Evaluate

Market regulator - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified changes in its Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) regulations and according to which, IDFs can now extend the tenure of their schemes by up to two years with the consent of two-third of its investors by value. IDFs, which can be set up like mutual funds, can also invest funds collected for their schemes in bonds of public financial institutions and infrastructure finance companies. 

Further, the New Fund Offer (NFO) period has been increased up to 45 days (from up to 15 days) and the Specified Transaction Period (STP) to up to 45 days (from up to 30 days). Moreover, an IDF scheme would be allowed to invest up to 30% of its Assets Under Management (AUM) in assets from the current ceiling of 20%, which is subject to the condition that the sponsor/ associate retains at least 30% of the assets sold to the IDF till the assets are held in the IDF portfolio.

In case of unrated or below investment grade assets, overall investment of the scheme is restricted to 30% of the net assets, which is extendable to 50% with the prior approval of the Boards of Trustee and AMC. However, as per the notification, such investments can be done only if the AMC is unable to find the core assets such as debt assets or securitized debt of infrastructure firms, bank loans related to infrastructure for deployment of the amounts of principal.  

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