India’s market regulator unveiled new guidelines on Wednesday night that can restrict mutual fund investments in sure debt devices, after traders suffered losses from write-downs on riskier bonds final 12 months.

The rules, which come into power on April 1, concern money owed resembling sure securities offered by banks which have traits that permit losses to be imposed on collectors earlier than shareholders, in line with a round of the Securities & Alternate Board of India. Bonds offered by banks to bolster their capital cushions, generally known as Tier 1 or Tier 2 supplemental scores, could have subordinate traits that will additionally fall beneath the principles, in line with Sebi.

India’s capital markets regulator in October prohibits particular person traders from buying extra Tier 1 financial institution bonds, citing the necessity to defend retail patrons. International regulators had launched such headlines after the monetary disaster to assist keep away from taxpayer bailouts.

A 12 months in the past, the Reserve Financial institution of India made the unprecedented determination to completely depreciate 87.8 billion rupees ($ 1.2 billion) of extra Tier 1 bonds issued by Sure Financial institution Ltd. when he seizes the lender to guard depositors. Native regulators have additionally sought to strengthen protections for particular person traders after Franklin Templeton abruptly closed six debt funds final April amid tighter liquidity.

Sebi’s new limits on mutual fund investments additionally apply to bonds that may be transformed into shares upon a predefined set off occasion. The restrictions are:

• A UCI can maintain, in all its portfolios, at most 10% of this debt offered by a single issuer
• A debt portfolio could make investments at most 10% of its internet property in such debt by all issuers and at most 5% of internet property in such debt offered by a single issuer

Study extra in regards to the rules right here.