Definitions for foreign portfolio investors set eligibility, registration, and key terms governing FPI status and instruments. Regulation 2 supplies core definitions for the foreign portfolio investor framework, including the meaning of certificate, foreign portfolio investor and transitional deeming for prior registrations; it identifies intermediary and service roles such as designated depository participant, qualified depository participant, custodian of securities, and designated bank, defines offshore derivative instrument and investment manager, and provides that undefined terms derive meaning from related statutes.