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Limits for investment in debt and sale of Credit Default Swaps by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
RBI/2025-26/20 April 03, 2025 To, All Authorized Persons Madam / Sir Limits for investment in debt and sale of Credit Default Swaps by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 1 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 notified vide Notification No. FEMA. 396/2019-RB dated October 17, 2019 as amended from time to time and the relevant Directions issued thereunder. 2. Reference is also invited to the following directions issued by the Reserve Bank: 3. Investment Limits for the financial year 2025-26:
4. The revised limits (in absolute terms) for the different categories, are in Table 1:
5. In terms of A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 23 dated February 10, 2022, the aggregate limit of the notional amount of Credit Default Swaps sold by FPIs shall be 5 per cent of the outstanding stock of corporate bonds. Accordingly, an additional limit of ₹2,93,612 crore is set out for 2025-26. 6. AD Category – I banks may bring the contents of this circular to the notice of their constituents and customers concerned. 7. The Directions contained in this circular have been issued under sections 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) without prejudice to permissions/approval, if any, required under any other law. Yours faithfully (Dimple Bhandia) |