Foreign Portfolio Investor on WebNotes

Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI)

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) is the principal regulatory category under SEBI for offshore institutional investors seeking to participate in Indian securities markets. The FPI framework is governed by the SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations 2019 (the FPI Regulations 2019), which consolidated and replaced the earlier 2014 FPI Regulations along with the historical Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) and Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) regimes that had operated prior to the unified FPI framework.

FPI and mutual fund investing

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) registered under SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2019 may invest in units of Indian domestic mutual fund schemes, subject to aggregate limits set by the Reserve Bank of India and investment restrictions specified at the individual scheme level. FPIs constitute an important but non-dominant channel for foreign capital into Indian mutual funds; the more significant route for FPI participation in Indian equities is direct purchase of listed shares and bonds.