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PPFAS SEBI overseas investment cap incident (January to June 2022)

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The PPFAS SEBI overseas-investment-cap incident of January to June 2022 was the most operationally consequential regulatory event affecting PPFAS Mutual Fund since the launch of the Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (PPFCF) in May 2013. The incident occurred when aggregate Indian mutual-fund overseas-investment positions approached the USD 7 billion industry-wide cap under the broader SEBI MF overseas investment cap framework. As PPFCF held approximately Rs 5,588 crore (around 28 per cent of AUM) in foreign securities at the time, PPFAS was directly affected.

SEBI mutual fund overseas investment cap

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The SEBI mutual fund overseas investment cap is the aggregate and per-fund limit on the amount of foreign assets that Indian mutual fund schemes may hold, set jointly by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under the SEBI Mutual Funds Regulations 1996 and by the Reserve Bank of India under the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (FEMA) . The cap is a foundational regulatory constraint on Indian mutual funds’ ability to provide international diversification to retail investors, shaping the product structure, capacity, and operational behaviour of international fund-of-funds and other overseas-exposure schemes.