Foreign Portfolio Investor

Adani block deal helps FPIs investment into equities turn positive in March

Reversing their selling trend, foreign investors have infused over Rs 13,500 crore in the Indian equities so far this month primarily driven by bulk investment from US-based GQG Partners in the Adani Group companies. This came following a net outflow of Rs 5,294 crore in February and Rs 28,852 crore in January. Prior to that, FPIs made a net investment of Rs 11,119 crore in December, data with the depositories showed. Going ahead, FPIs are likely to be cautious in their approach in the coming days as the collapse of the SVB Bank in the US has impacted sentiments in the market, V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said. According to the data, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) invested Rs 13,536 crore in Indian equities till March 10. "This (inflow) is inclusive of the bulk investment of Rs 15,446 crore by GQG in the four Adani stocks," Vijayakumar said. Also, Nirav Karkera, Head of Research at Fisdom, said that a large share of the inflows is

FIIs turn net buyers; invest $840 million in Indian bonds in 2023 so far

Foreign institutional investors have purchased $840 million worth of Indian bonds so far in 2023. This is a change in the trend as they were net sellers of bonds in the years 2022 and 2021

FPIs register steepest outflow in 7 months at Rs 28,852 cr in January

Going ahead, FPI flows are expected to remain volatile as Indian equities continued their large underperformance compared to global markets

FPIs withdraw Rs 15,000 crore from equities in 2 weeks of January

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have been adopting a cautious stance towards Indian equity markets for the past few weeks

FPI selling and decline in heavyweights pull Sensex 637 points down

The Nifty fell 189 points to end the session at 18,043 a decline of 1.04 per cent

Stocks of realty, consumer services firms are FPIs' stocking stuffers

A combination of sectoral rotation and better consumer spending is attributed to the shift towards realty and consumer services stocks

Markets tumble as Federal Reserve retains hawkish tone; Sensex drops 1.4%

The biggest decline in two months; FPIs sell shares worth Rs 711 cr

Volatile Indian equity markets, flows capping downside: BofA on 2023

Revival in China's economic growth and policies could shrink this premium

November report card: Banking, finance stocks dominate FPI flows

A moderation in new non-performing loans (NPL), improvement in margins, and loan growth are attributed as the reasons for the bullishness in banking stocks

Identifying an offshore investor

FPIs incorporated under different structures in different jurisdictions create regulatory loopholes and make it difficult to identify the true beneficiary of foreign investing entities

Sebi overhauls advisory panels on FPIs, social stock exchange

Capital markets regulator Sebi has restructured its advisory committees pertaining to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and social stock exchange. Rejigging its FPI Advisory Committee, Sebi has said former finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia will now chair the 16-member panel. It was earlier headed by K V Subramanian, former chief economic adviser to the government of India. Chew Hai Jong, Managing Director at GIC, and Michael Drumgoole, Managing Director - Direct Custody and Clearing at JPMorgan, are the new inductees, an update with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) showed. Earlier, Madhav Kalyan of JPMorgan Chase Bank, was part of the 15-member committee formed by Sebi in August. The committee has been entrusted with the task of advising the capital markets regulator on measures to facilitate ease of doing business by FPIs in India as well as encourage their participation in the bond market. Other terms of reference of the committee include review investment avenue

Early warning for reform

Govt must reform quicker to tackle global adversities

MSCI India index rebalancing could stoke Rs 13,000-crore churn

Varun Beverages, Tube Investments, IHCL seen as potential inclusions

Rupee logs best single-day gain since September 30 on strong FPI flows

The rupee settled at 82.44 per dollar on Friday versus 82.89 on Thursday

Despite buoyancy in market, stock trading activity declines in October

Cash market turnover fell almost 20% in October as rally take traders by surprise

Financials, IT, energy see highest FPI selloff in last fortnight of Sept

The selling dragged the BSE Financial Services index by 4.7 per cent in the last two weeks of September.

Sebi panel weighs relaxations in commodity derivatives framework

Looks at how market-wide position limits are calculated for commodity derivatives contracts

Mutual funds, DIIs turn net buyers as market falls; FPIs net sellers

Foreign investors pull out Rs 12,000 crore after pumping in Rs 60,000 crore in July, August

Sensex declines for sixth straight session as global rout continues

Index down 5.2% in 6 sessions; FPIs tally turns negative for Sep

Market rout extends to 4th day on rising dollar; Sensex drops over 950 pts

India VIX index jumps 6% to June level