Archive · 3 Oct 2026
SEBI, RBI Push Faster Foreign Investor Onboarding, Report Says
India’s market regulator and central bank are working to make it quicker for foreign investors to register.
The report says they want the process to be digital and easier to complete.
Digital signatures can now be used for some submitted documents instead of physical notarisation or apostillation.
Some overseas branches of Indian banks can also certify documents.
The regulators are also working on draft rules for financial products connected to corporate bond indexes.
These products could help large investors manage certain risks and support trading in bonds.
SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey said there would be no change to the rules on whether the country’s two major exchanges can share trading arrangements.
He said the regulator continues to focus on transparency, market monitoring, and investor protection.
SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey said onboarding foreign portfolio investors is being made faster, according to Moneycontrol.
SEBI and the Reserve Bank of India are overhauling the process to make registration digital and more seamless.
Measures include accepting digital signatures and allowing some overseas branches of Indian banks to certify documents.
The regulators are refining draft guidelines for derivatives linked to corporate bond indices.
Pandey dismissed speculation about exchange-level interoperability between BSE and NSE, saying existing rules remain unchanged.
- Who
- SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Reserve Bank of India.
- What
- The regulators are streamlining foreign portfolio investor onboarding and refining draft guidelines for derivatives linked to corporate bond indices.
- When
- The article describes current and recent regulatory work but gives no specific date.
- Where
- India’s financial markets.
- Why
- To make investor registration digital and faster, and to support hedging and liquidity in fixed-income markets.
- Reported by
- Moneycontrol
- FPI onboarding changes
- Digital signatures may replace physical notarisation or apostillation for submitted documentation.
- Document certification
- Overseas branches of Indian banks with correspondent relationships may certify documents directly.
- Draft guidelines
- SEBI and the RBI are refining guidelines for derivatives linked to corporate bond indices.
- Stated market purposes
- The proposed derivatives are intended to help institutional investors hedge interest-rate and credit risks and deepen fixed-income secondary-market liquidity.
- Exchange interoperability
- Pandey said speculation about interoperability between BSE and NSE did not signal a change to the existing framework.