• Omnibus investment facility: Permitting foreign private banks and wealth managers to pool client funds via omnibus structures would ease global investor onboarding into GIFT City, provided round-tripping risks are mitigated through vetted intermediaries.
• NRI capital mobilization: To address balance-of-payments pressures, policymakers should market GIFT City's equity and bond offerings to 35 million non-resident Indians by integrating products onto global custodian platforms and adopting digital KYC.
• Talent retention mechanisms: Rapid employee turnover and artificial wage inflation in GIFT City could be mitigated by establishing threshold-based compliance officer mandates for smaller funds or introducing structured employment lock-in incentives.
• Fund manager relocation: Moving top-tier asset managers from international hubs like Singapore to GIFT City requires smoother fund migration, fund passporting, and flexible residency rules, such as a 120- to 150-day annual presence requirement.