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Now, the SEBI registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)\/ Venture Capital Funds (VCF) are permitted to invest overseas, subject to an enhanced limit of upto USD 1,500 million. Earlier, the overall limit was of USD 750 million. All other regulations governing such overseas investment by eligible AIFs\/VCFs shall remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has put this story together.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEBI has issued a circular dated May 21, 2021 in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India to protect the interests of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-notifications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overseas 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