Offshore derivatives instruments (ODIs) are investment vehicles used by overseas investors not registered with the SEBI for an exposure in Indian equities or equity derivatives. They may not be registered with SEBI, either because they do not want to, or due to regulatory constraints for which they are not allowed to. It is a registered FII that makes purchases on behalf of these investors and the FII s affiliate issues those ODIs. ODIs include equity-linked notes, capped return notes, participating return notes, etc.
Participatory Notes (P-Notes) is one of the categories of ODIs. The underlying asset class could be stocks, and returns would be directly related to the appreciation in prices of those stocks.… Read the rest