SEBI asks all foreign funds to identify their parent financial institution
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The move follows a regulatory investigation into suspected violations in overseas investments in the Adani group of companies. The Adani group has denied all allegations. A panel appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the investigation cited difficulties in obtaining information from offshore entities as one reason the regulator has struggled to reach any conclusion.
In its letter, Sebi wrote that it has found instances of foreign portfolio investor (FPI) registration being granted to branches of banks. “Since the branch of a bank is not a separate legal entity, (the custodian bank) shall ensure that their client is a legal entity,” Sebi said. Custodian banks are also required to identify a senior officer of the legal entity as a beneficial owner in the case that no single investor holds more than 10 per cent of the fund.
The reporting requirement aims to make transparent the sources of money coming into India, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, declining to be named as they are not permitted to speak to the media. “Sebi wants the parent financial institution to be a separate, identifiable legal entity regulated by the appropriate regulator of a cooperative jurisdiction,” said one of the sources.
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