SEBI simplifies registration process for Foreign Portfolio Investors

SEBI vide circular dated November 12, 2024 has issued simplified registration process for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). With an objective to facilitate ease of onboarding for FPI applicants and reduce duplication of available information, based on deliberations held with market participants, the following is decided:

1. In case of onboarding applicants belonging to the categories.
2. In case applicant opts for this abridged version of CAF, the remaining fields shall either be auto populated from the information available in the CAF module or shall be disabled, as applicable.
3. While using the available information, an explicit consent to use the same and a confirmation that all the details other than those mentioned in the abridged version of CAF remain unchanged, shall be obtained from the applicant.
4. DDPs, upon receipt of information from the applicant, shall update the details in CAF against the application number of the applicant for future reference purposes. They shall also ensure that the CAF module hosted on the website of the Depository reflects complete information (information filled in by applicant and that auto-populated) and facilitates seamless fetching of the same.