New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is weighing a shift that could significantly lower costs for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs)-allowing them to settle all their equity trades on a net basis at the end of each day.

"We are examining whether netting of settlements for trades executed on a single day can be permitted," chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said at the Goldman Sachs 14th India CIO Conference 2025 on Wednesday, adding that the move would ease operations and reduce costs for FPIs at a time when overseas outflows have accelerated.

At present, FPIs must settle every buy and sell order separately-even when trading the same stock during the day-forcing them to fund each purchase fully and deliver...