On 23 September, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Board of
India ("SEBI") issued the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations,
2019 (the "FPI Regulations"), which took
immediate effect. The FPI Regulations govern the process to be
followed for foreign investment in India by entities such as Irish
regulated investment funds, so that they can commence investment in
India once authorised.
Regular readers will be aware from our previous publication that the registration process in
India is governed by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
("FEMA"), with a specific focus on the
foreign portfolio investor ("FPI")
route.
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