EPFR Global

In all, funds tracked by EPFR saw net outflows of $1.2 billion, accounting for nearly a fourth of $5.2 billion outflows by FPIs in May

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Flows into India totalled $983 million during the month, the EPFR data compiled by Kotak Institutional Equities shows

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The recent liquidity-driven rally in the Indian markets has mostly been driven by domestic flows even as the foreign institutional investors have been recalibrating their strategy. CAMERON BRANDT, director of research, EPFR Global tells Puneet Wadhwa that lack of earnings growth and flat private investment are key concerns that FIIs have as regards the Indian markets. Edited excerpts:What is your assessment of the fund flows this far in calendar year 2017 (CY17) across developed and emerging markets? Which regions have seen a pull out and in which regions has this money been deployed in? Of the themes that were expected to drive markets this year, the one with perhaps the greatest traction is the synchronised global recovery - Global Equity and Bond and Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Equity and Bond Funds have enjoyed consistent inflows. With this preference for diversified exposure, none of the regional fund groups have shone, though at the country level the perception that India's ...

Interview with Director of research, EPFR Global