Sebi defers modified reporting format for FIIs

Market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) today deferred the implementation of modified reporting format for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) by three months following representation from these investors.

The Sebi received representation from a number of FIIs seeking various clarification on the new reporting format. While these clarifications sought by FIIs are being addressed by Sebi, it has been decided to defer the implementation of the new reporting format, the regulator said in a notification.

The modified reporting format seeks more details of their activities in the Indian equity markets.

The new reporting format would come into effect from July against the earlier prescribed reporting month of April, 2011.

It has now been decided that the first such monthly report shall be submitted for the month of July before August 7, 2011, it said.

Overseas derivative instruments (ODIs) have Indian equity or debt as underlying securities and are issued by registered FIIs or sub-accounts to clients abroad.

The FIIs issuing such instruments would have to inform the regulator through the seven annexures about their underlying trade activities including equity and debt for every month, with a six-month lag.

This is apart from the monthly summary report FIIs have to file on the seventh of every month, for the previous month.

The annexures Sebi has sought for any trading in the Indian market include details of ODI/PN activity and trades where the type of underlying Indian security is equity, debt and derivatives.

Besides, a separate annexure on assets under management where the underlying Indian security is equity, debt and derivatives has to be filed.