Amendment to definition of Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) and QFI investment in debt mutual fund schemes which invest in infrastructure

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..... m, Sub: Amendment to definition of Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) and QFI investment in debt mutual fund schemes which invest in infrastructure 1. Vide SEBI circulars Cir/IMD/DF/14/2011 and Cir/IMD/FII&C/3/2012 dated August 09, 2011 and January 13, 2012, respectively, QFIs were allowed to invest in schemes of Indian mutual funds and Indian equity shares subject to terms and conditions mentione .....

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..... ovided that the person is not resident in a country listed in the public statements issued by FATF from time to time on-(i) jurisdictions having a strategic Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies to which counter measures apply, (ii) jurisdictions that have not made sufficient progress in addressing the deficiencies or have not committed to an action plan .....

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..... er of FATF shall not mean an Associate member of FATF. 3. QFI investment in debt mutual fund schemes which invest in infrastructure 3.1. Vide SEBI circulars IMD/DF/14/2011 dated August 09, 2011 QFIs have been allowed to invest in mutual fund debt schemes which invest in infrastructure debt upto a total ceiling of USD 3 billion out of the total long term corporate infrastructure limits of USD 25 .....

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..... val until the overall QFI investments reaches 90% (ninety percent) of USD 3 billion i.e. USD 2.7 billion. 3.4.2. Terms and conditions related to monitoring, allocation, requirement of obtaining prior approval (after reaching 90% of investment limit) and reporting shall be as prescribed in circular CIR/IMD/FII&C/17/2012 dated July 18, 2012. 4. QFIs shall have to comply with provisions of the Fore .....

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