Use of Participatory Notes in Indian Equity Markets and Recent Regulatory Changes

December 1, 2007

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Manmohan Singh. Use of Participatory Notes in Indian Equity Markets and Recent Regulatory Changes, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed September 19, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

This paper focuses on the use of participatory notes (PNs) by foreign investors, as a conduit for portfolio flows into Indian equity markets for more than a decade. The broadening of India's foreign investor base, in recent years, has a bias towards hedge funds/unregistered foreign investors who invest primarily via PNs. While tax arbitrage via capital gains tax has almost disappeared since July 2004, it is intriguing to note that since then the demand for PNs has actually increased. The paper suggests some reasons for the continuation of a buoyant market in PNs, and explains the possible impact from the recent regulatory changes.

Subject: Capital gains tax, Currencies, Hedge funds, Securities, Stock markets

Keywords: Derivative instrument, Hedge fund, Investor, PN derivative leg, Regulator, WP

Publication Details

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13
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Working Paper No. 2007/291
Stock No:

WPIEA2007291
ISBN:

9781451868548
ISSN:

1018-5941

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