Beyond the rupee
GIFT City & Global
International investing through India's own offshore financial centre.
GIFT City is India's International Financial Services Centre — a jurisdiction where investments run in USD and other major currencies under the unified IFSCA regulator. For NRIs it removes much of the friction of investing into India; for residents and institutions it opens structured routes to global assets.
Layer 6 of 6 in the access spectrum
How it works
Pick the direction
Inbound: NRIs and foreign investors accessing Indian strategies in USD. Outbound: Indian investors accessing global funds through IFSC vehicles.
Open the IFSC route
Accounts and funds inside GIFT City operate under IFSCA rules — a materially simpler stack than Form 15CA/CB and 45-day repatriation cycles.
Mind your tax residency
Certain IFSC income enjoys specific exemptions for non-residents — but whether you benefit depends on where you are tax-resident. We'll flag what to verify with your chartered accountant.
Who this is for
NRIs who want India exposure without the traditional paperwork stack
Residents diversifying globally through regulated outbound funds
Investors holding foreign currency who don't want conversion drag
Good questions
Asked at almost every first meeting
The honest answers, before you even have to ask. Anything else — that's what the first conversation is for.
IFSC funds accept USD directly, cutting out rupee conversion, Form 15CA/CB cycles and much of the repatriation paperwork. You invest and redeem in dollars under IFSCA rules — the plumbing is simply shorter.
Yes, within the RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme limits — currently USD 250,000 per person per financial year — into regulated outbound funds. We help sequence the remittance and the fund paperwork together.
GIFT City is a jurisdiction, not a product — IFSCA regulates the entities inside it the way SEBI and RBI do onshore. The underlying funds remain market-linked; the location changes the currency and paperwork, not the investment risk.
Plain-spoken risk
What can go wrong
Every instrument on this page is market-linked or carries its own constraints. You should know them before you commit — here they are, without the fine-print font size.
Currency exposure works both ways — USD assets add exchange-rate risk for rupee-based goals.
Tax outcomes depend on your residency and treaty position; verify before investing.
Underlying funds remain market-linked; the jurisdiction changes plumbing, not risk.
GIFT City products are offered under IFSCA regulations. Mutual fund and securities investments are subject to market risks; tax exemptions on certain IFSC income apply only to eligible non-residents and depend on individual tax residency.
Wondering if GIFT City belongs in your plan?
That depends on your goals, horizon and what you already hold — exactly the conversation we start with.
Talk to us