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Foreign Portfolio Investment

Definition of Foreign Portfolio Investment

A Foreign Portfolio Investment includes stocks, bonds, ETFs, derivatives, and other financial instruments from another country. Generally, FPIs do not give an investor the right to ownership or a controlling stake in any organization.

Instead, FPIs act as a passive income vehicle. That’s why FPIs are different to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in which an ownership stake is acquired with the intention of controlling and influencing business decisions.




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