Search: Accredited Investor

September 2026

• 25Sep

  FEMA & RBIIFSCA issues differential distribution framework for Venture Capital and Restricted Schemes: one senior class, junior units from USD 2 million, grants up to 49% for ESG schemes

  Junior units: min USD 2 millionNew facility

  IFSCA has issued the framework under which Venture Capital Schemes and Restricted Schemes in the IFSC can issue senior and junior or subordinate units with different distribution rights, to facilitate blended finance. Minimum investment in junior units is USD 2 million (USD 1 million for accredited investors). ESG schemes may accept grants up to 49% of corpus.

• 24Sep

  SEBIAccredited Investor framework: SEBI Board approves accreditation by AIF, SIF and PMS managers, a ₹5 crore market-exposure test and deemed status for non-residents

  Accreditation by fund managersRelief

  The SEBI Board has approved four changes to the Accredited Investor framework: managers of AIFs, AMCs offering SIFs and portfolio managers may accredit investors; securities market exposure becomes an eligibility test; persons resident outside India are deemed accredited; and LLPs can qualify. It also approved extending to all AIFs the bar on a manager using fund assets for its own losses.

• 24Sep

  SEBISEBI Board meeting of 24 September 2026: all 13 items in one table — new Portfolio Managers and Settlement Regulations, FPIs in commodity derivatives, Accredited Investor changes

  SEBI Board: 13 itemsNew facility

  The 215th meeting of the SEBI Board, held in Mumbai on 24 September 2026, cleared a long list: new Portfolio Managers Regulations, new Settlement Regulations, a Common Advertisement Code, FPIs in more commodity derivatives, wider Vault Manager rules, changes for REITs and InvITs, an easier debt-listing rule and a reworked Accredited Investor framework. A fourth settlement scheme for illiquid stock options was placed before it.

• 7Sep

  SEBIAngel Funds registered on or before 10 September 2025 get till 31 March 2027 to move to Accredited Investors only: SEBI relaxes the timeline

  Now till 31 March 2027Extended

  SEBI has extended the transitional period for Angel Funds registered on or before 10 September 2025 to comply with the Accredited Investor mandate. The date moves from 8 September 2026 to 31 March 2027. Until then such funds cannot offer investment opportunities to more than 200 non-Accredited Investors, and after it they cannot accept contributions from non-Accredited Investors.