In a challenging year, the central government announced a slew of measures to help revive a sagging economy - from corporation tax cut to bank recapitalisation. Here are the most important ones
A net amount of Rs 6,301.96 crore was invested by foreign portfolio investors (FPI) into equities, while Rs 3,688.94 was pulled out of the debt segment
Domestic mutual funds pumped in Rs 52,850 crore in equities during CY19
As the year draws to a close, the debt market has seen a net inflow of nearly Rs 27,000 crore by FPIs, while a further amount of Rs 9,000 crore found its way to the hybrid instruments
FPIs would continue to be watchful of the domestic environment and tread cautiously
In September, the government slashed the corporation tax rate. He's also eased foreign investment rules in retail, manufacturing and coal mining, & merged 10 state-run banks to create four big lenders
Overseas investors pumped in a net sum of Rs 17,547.55 cr into equities and Rs 175.27 cr in the debt segment during November 1-22, taking the cumulative net investment to Rs 17,722.82 cr
FPIs have turned negative and the budgetary announcement on tax surcharge has been a factor that has restricted their activity
This will give a lot of flexibility to them to invest, based on different client strategies
FPIs had infused a net Rs 6,557.8 crore into the Indian capital markets (both equity and debt) in September
Index rises as much as 340 pts only to give up most gains
"As Infosys is a Nifty stock, the company is widely held in several equity schemes," said a fund manager. According to industry estimates, the stock is held in over 400 MF schemes
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.
Meetings held in three cities, Sebi says participants showed interest in Reits, AIFs; scope of infra projects, stressed assets, disinvestment, Gift City highlighted
The Rs 640-crore IPO of the state-owned railway ticketing company had garnered over 110 times subscription on an overall basis
Abhinav Khanna, head of equity at Citi India, expects emerging markets (EMs), and India in particular, to see higher allocation by foreign investors over the next 12 months
Given the focus on safety and quality, the task of choosing money managers in the debt category was tougher than that for equity funds
Prior to this, foreign investors had pulled out a net Rs 5,920.02 crore in August
The erstwhile three categories of FPIs have been merged into two
Short-term focus shifts to what extent the new measures will impact the fiscal deficit, accelerating non-tax revenue of the government