Regulations for investment’s by FII’s in India
FII Regulations in India: Investment by Foreign Institutional Investors (FII’s) is regulated under SEBI (FII) Regulations, 1995. Following are some of important regulations by SEBI and RBI: The total investments in equity and equity related instruments (including fully convertible debentures, convertible portion of partially convertible debentures and tradable warrants) made by a Foreign Institutional Investor in India, whether on his own account or on account of his sub- accounts, should be at least seventy per cent of the aggregate of all the investments of the Foreign Institutional Investor in India, made on his own account and through his sub-accounts. The cumulative debt investment limit for FII investments in Corporate Debt is USD 15 billion. The amount was increased from USD 6 billion to USD 15 billion in March 2009. USD 8 billion will be allocated to the FIIs and Sub-Accounts through an open bidding platform while the remaining amount is Continue reading