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Sebi increases overseas investment cap for individual MFs to $1 bn

Earlier limit was $600 mn; overall industry limit of $7 billion

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Indian fund houses have launched various international-focused fund of funds (FoF) in the last few months as such products offer investors the option of diversifying with global equities

Chirag Madia Mumbai
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday revised the overseas investment limit for mutual funds (MFs). The market regulator stated in a circular that MFs can make overseas investments up to $1 billion each, within the overall industry limit of $7 billion.

MFs had made representations to the regulator to increase the investment limit. Last November, Sebi had enhanced the overseas investment limit from $300 million per mutual fund to $600 million.

Industry participants say this announcement was the need of the hour as several MF schemes that were international focused were attracting huge inflows. Sebi in its circular