RBI allowed FIIs to invest upto $25 billion in infra bonds issued by NBFCs categorized as IFCs

04 Nov 2011 Evaluate
The Reserve bank of India (RBI) allowed Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) to invest up to $25 billion up from the current limit of $5 billion in non-convertible debentures/bonds issued by Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) categorized as Infrastructure Finance Companies (IFCs).

In its notification, the RBI said that  FIIs registered with SEBI would also be allowed to invest in non-convertible debentures and bonds issued by non-banking financial companies categorized as 'Infrastructure Finance Companies' (IFCs) by RBI within the overall limit of USD 25 billion. This was subject to conditions that such instruments shall have a residual maturity of five years or above and the investments would have a lock-in-period of three years.

The RBI also reduced the lock-in period of 3 years to 1 year for FII investment up to $5 billion within the overall limit of $25 billion.  The lock-in period will be computed from the time of first purchase by FIIs. These changes would also applicable for Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) investment in Mutual Fund debt schemes within the limit of $3 billion.

In September, the government had relaxed norms and allowed foreign investors to invest in infrastructure bands and trade such instruments among themselves.



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