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A narrow rally

Inflows into equity funds have eased sharply

Economy needs real reforms push

Moves like direct tax reform and actual divestment will send out the right signals

Budget 2020: Centre may announce increase in FPIs' debt limit to 10%

Existing limit for FPI investment in G-secs is 6% of the outstanding stocks of securities; govt may announce increase to 10% in Union Budget 2020

FPIs remain net buyers for third straight month; invest Rs 22,872 cr in Nov

FPIs had invested a net sum of Rs 16,037.6 crore in October and Rs 6,557.8 crore in September

Foreign portfolio investors pour in $6 billion in the past two months

Flows have accelerated since corporation rate cut, lifting benchmarks by 13%

Sensex jumps 530 pts to scale new high; US-China trade optimism fuels gains

Market players said short-covering and sustained foreign flows ensured markets remained bullish

Investments via P-notes rise to Rs 76,773 cr in Oct after 4-month decline

The total value of investments via P-notes in the Indian markets (including equity, debt, and derivatives) rose to Rs 76,773 crore till the end of October from Rs76,611 crore at September-end

FPIs remain bullish, invest over Rs 12,000 cr in first week of November

Himanshu Srivastava, senior analyst manager research at Morningstar Investment Adviser India said, mainly the domestic factor led to the foreign inflows

Rupee can depreciate another 4% against the USD by 2019-end

FPIs have turned negative and the budgetary announcement on tax surcharge has been a factor that has restricted their activity

Offshore derivatives: Sebi eases guidelines for hedging instruments

The eligibility norms for NRIs/OCIs, however, have been retained according to the erstwhile circular.

Sebi issues operational norms to facilitate rollout of new FPI regulations

Under the new norms, all insurance entities and funds from FATF member countries have been classified as category-I FPIs

Bandhan Bank board okays increase in foreign investment to 49%

The bank last week faced a Rs 1 crore fine from the RBI for not complying with shareholding norms under the licensing rules

In a move towards lighter-touch regime, 80% FPIs classified as Category-I

Prior to the reclassification, less than 3% of the FPIs were part of Category-I and more than four-fifths were part of Category-II.

FPIs infuse over Rs 3,800 crore into capital markets in October so far

FPIs have been net buyers for the second consecutive month. In September, FPIs invested a net Rs 6,557.8 crore in the domestic capital markets

FPIs bullish on insurance stocks; holding touches new high in Sep quarter

So far this calendar year, FPIs' stakes in SBI Life, Insurance ICICI Lombard and HDFC Life have risen by 18.85, 8.62 and 7.71 percentage points, respectively, since the December 2018 quarter

FPIs stay bullish on India, pour in Rs 5,072 cr in October so far

Foreign investors put in a net sum of Rs 4,970 crore in equities and a net Rs 102 crore in the debt market during October 1-18

FPIs pull out over Rs 6,200 cr in Oct so far as global recession fears loom

Overseas investors were net buyers in the preceding month and had infused a net sum of Rs 6,557.8 crore in the domestic capital markets (both equities and debt), according to the data.

Sebi may liberalise norms for issuing offshore derivative instruments

P-notes with derivatives as underlying may be allowed

Shekhar Gupta: Money has lost its morale

The economic crisis can be fixed only with genuine, brave reform. If this Modi govt can't do it, it will confirm fears that it has lost its mojo

Sensex falls 362 pts, Nifty below 11,400 amid turmoil in financial space

The crisis at PMC Bank has led to fears amongst investors that the money of ordinary depositors will be blocked