SEBI panel considers simpler norms for FIIs

13 Jun 2013 Evaluate

In order to enhance foreign investment in India, a SEBI panel, headed by former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhara, has suggested for simplifying the rules by removing the norm of direct registration of foreign institutional investors with SEBI and reducing the KYC process for well-regulated entities. 

Further, the committee also proposed to keep the aggregate investment limit for Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPI) at 24 per cent. Further, it has proposed to split FPIs into three categories. Among these categories, category I includes low risk (central banks, sovereign wealth funds),  category II - moderate risk (regulated entities such as banks, asset management companies, broad based funds already registered with SEBI) and category III - high risk and has kept the KYC formalities minimal compared to the first two categories. On easing the process for FPIs the committee said that prior registration of FIIs and sub-accounts with SEBI will not be required.  

Meanwhile, the recommendations also sit well with a parallel committee Rationalisation of Investment Routes and Monitoring of Foreign Portfolio Investments (RIRMFPI) set up by the finance ministry to examine the larger issue of reducing the differential between FII and FDI as well as reviewing entry norms for foreign investors. Earlier, it has suggested merging FIIs, sub accounts and Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI) into one class, as foreign portfolio investors (FPI). However, the committee has, recommended that NRIs and foreign venture capital investors should be treated separately from the omnibus definition.

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