Question

Recently RBI has permitted FPIs to acquire debt securities issued by InvITs and REITs under the MTF or the VRR. What is VRR in this reference?

Q: Answer-Recently RBI has permitted FPIs to acquire debt securities issued by InvITs and REITs under the MTF...

FPIs can acquire debt securities issued by InvITs and REITs under the Medium-Term Framework MTF or the Voluntary Retention Route VRR. Voluntary Retention Route VRR is a special channel of investment available to SEBI registered FPIs to encourage them to invest in debt markets in India over and above their investments through the regular route. The objective is to attract long-term and stable FPI investments into debt markets while providing FPIs with operational flexibility to manage their investments. Minimum Retention Period ndash 3 years Minimum 75 of allocated amount to be maintained in India by the FPI