Sebi eases iPo norms: Market regulator SEBI has decided to introduce a new single window structure ‘Swagat-FI’ with the intention of making compliance simple for foreign investors and making India a more attractive investment destination. Under this, registration and investment process will be made easier for low-risk foreign investors and the need to submit repeated compliance and documents will decrease.

Sebi changed IP rules

SEBI said that this structure will facilitate investors like government -owned funds, central banks, government property funds, multilateral institutions, insurance companies and pension funds. Apart from this, the validity period of registration has been extended from 3-5 years to 10 years and investors will be allowed to keep all investment in the same demat account alternately.

The new structure has been named ‘Automatic and Generalized Access Single Window System (reception-FI) for trusted foreign investors. Tuhin Kant Pandey, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), told reporters after the meeting of the board of directors that the new structure will open the way for investment for both foreign portfolio investors (FPI) and foreign enterprise capital investors (FVCI).

Large companies will be able to present small IPO

As of June 2025, 11,913 FPIs were registered in the country, whose total assets have been estimated at Rs 80.83 lakh crore. It is estimated that more than 70 percent of these assets will be with reception-FI investors. SEBI said that after completing the necessary procedural improvement, this structure will be fully implemented in the next six months.

Under this, registration investors will be able to invest in listed equity and loan means and as FVCI in startups and selected areas. By June 2025, 11,913 FPI registered in the country, whose total assets were estimated at Rs 80.83 lakh crore. Out of this, more than 70% of the assets are estimated to be with FPI investors.

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