FPI Settlement
Mulling allowing net settlement of FPI single-day trades, says SEBI chief
This story was originally published at 17:28 IST on 19 November 2025
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--SEBI Pandey: Examining FPIs' netting of settlement for single-day trades
--SEBI Pandey: CDSL developing second platform for FPI registrations
NEW DELHI - The Securities and Exchange Board of India is currently examining whether the current requirement of foreign portfolio investors to give and take delivery for every trade needs to be tweaked to ease operational convenience and reduce costs, Chairman Tuhin Pandey said Wednesday. "We are examining whether netting of settlements for trades executed on a single day can be permitted," Pandey said at an event on capital markets.
The registration process for FPIs has become progressively faster and more user-friendly, and the market regulator is working to make it end-to-end digitised, including the use of digital signatures, Pandey said.
SEBI is working to enable a second platform for FPI registrations, which will be developed by Central Depository Services Ltd., Pandey said. "Going ahead, SWAGAT-FIs (single window automatic and generalised access for trusted foreign investors) may be permitted to invest in India through the other routes prescribed under FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act), without undergoing additional processes/compliances," he said.
The SEBI chief said the market regulator is holding discussions with the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India to take forward new initiatives. FPIs, who currently hold around 17% stake in listed companies, are still central to our markets even as domestic investor participation rises, Pandey said. End
Reported by Rajesh Gajra
Edited by Saji George Titus
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