The initiative, if implemented, could be another step in Sebi's ongoing efforts to enhance the ease of investing for foreign portfolio investors, following the Swagat platform introduced earlier this year to streamline registration and operational processes.
Domestic institutional investors have poured in a record $80 billion over the past year, offsetting heavy foreign outflows.
Equity flows stayed concentrated in global mandates funds and high-yield bond inflows slowed to their weakest since March 2025.
Instead of recommitting to India via long-only, high-conviction vehicles, Elara Capital noted that foreign flows have increasingly been channelled into ETFs.
Sebi will amend the definition of Strategic Investor in the REIT Regulations and the InvIT Regulations to widen the scope
A damning SEBI study reveals that 91 percent of individual traders lost money in derivatives trading, with retail investors collectively losing Rs1.06 lakh crore in FY25 while sophisticated algorithmic traders profited at their expense
According to the market regulator SEBI's current foreign portfolio investor norms, FPIs are not allowed to do intra-day trades.
In the past year, gross FDI into India surged by 14 percent, reaching $81 billion
Indian equity markets bounced back over 10 percent in March–April, but foreign investors made 14 percent gains in USD terms, aided by a weaker dollar and stronger rupee.
Data shows that Goldman Sachs, Camas Investments PTE Ltd, Nalanda, Capital Group, Artisan Fund and Kotak Funds witnessed an erosion in their portfolio value between 10% and 22%
Tuhin Kanta Pandey added that measures to tighten the SME IPO regulation were taken, and if they require a relook, the capital market regulator will revisit them, in consultation with the industry.
An important outcome of the outreach cell, according to Tuhin Kanta Pandey, has been the fact that the FPI registration process has become much faster and also some of the issues that foreign investors had have been tackled.
The market regulator is reportedly exploring ways to increase the ownership base for local risk assets
SEBI takes a bold step on disclosures for foreign funds, marking a significant shift in its regulatory approach
According to the data with the depositories, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) offloaded shares worth Rs 34,574 crore from Indian equities in February.
Ireland displaces Mauritius and Singapore to rise to the fourth spot in last two years
In a consultation paper issued on January 10, SEBI has suggested raising the bar to an AUM of Rs 50,000 crore, to keep in line with the increase in market volumes
India's benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, declined by 2 percent each in December. Meanwhile, the broader markets showed mixed performance, with the BSE MidCap rising 0.7 percent and the BSE SmallCap slipping 0.7 percent.
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) began the week on a positive note, investing Rs 3,126 crore in equities during the first two trading sessions (December 16-20).
The regulator issued the circular on December 17
This revival follows significant outflows in the preceding months, with Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) pulling out a net Rs 21,612 crore in November and a massive Rs 94,017 crore in October — the worst monthly outflow on record.
This revival follows significant outflows in the preceding months, with foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulling out a net Rs 21,612 crore in November and a massive Rs 94,017 crore in October – the worst monthly outflow on record.
FPIs were net buyers till September 9, 2024, which was the crucial deadline; after that date, FPIs were largely compliant, said sources
The Rs 10,000-crore buying spree on November 25 coincided with MSCI’s key index rebalancing, which added stocks like Voltas, Oberoi Realty, BSE, Kalyan Jewellers, and Alkem Labs to its Global Standard Index while including others in its small-cap index.
While the sell-off continues, the quantum of net outflows has significantly reduced compared to October, when Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) withdrew Rs 94,017 crore (USD 11.2 billion) on a net basis.