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    • Sebi has issued 2,220 administrative warnings to foreign funds in last 2 years

      These warnings came after an August 2023 circular in which Sebi tightened beneficial ownership norms

    • USA overtakes Singapore to regain top spot among countries with largest India equity holding

      The share of US-based FPIs was pegged at 31.04 percent in the June quarter, overtaking Singapore whose share was 28.11 percent of the cumulative FPI holdings in the country, as per data from primeinfobase.com. In the previous quarter — as on March 31 — Singapore was marginally ahead of the US.

    • FPI sell-off may give a boost to government's capital gains tax collection

      Moneycontrol analysis shows that in the recent past, whenever FPIs sold in big amounts, capital gains tax collection has risen

    • Dark pool platforms under focus post-Sebi’s Ketan Parekh order

      Several FPIs are using these platforms to find counterparties for trades

    • SEBI bars FPIs from issuing ODIs with derivatives as underlying, asks for granular disclosure from ODI subscribers

      The regulator issued the circular on December 17

    • No FPI Selling Triggered by SEBI Disclosure Norms After September Deadline

      FPIs were net buyers till September 9, 2024, which was the crucial deadline; after that date, FPIs were largely compliant, said sources

    • Sebi sets up FPI Outreach Cell to support seamless access for foreign investors

      The FPI Outreach Cell has been launched as part of the Alternative Investment Fund and Foreign Portfolio Investors Department (AFD).

    • FIIs’ third biggest single day dump ever: Rs 10,000 crore sold on August 5

      And DIIs took it all, with Rs 9,000 crore worth purchases in equities.

    • Sebi issues guidelines for off-market transfer of securities by FPIs to IFSC

      For relocation, a Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) or its wholly-owned special purpose vehicle may approach its Designated Depository Participants (DDP) for approval of a "one-time 'off-market' transfer of its securities to the 'resultant fund'.

    • FPIs withdraw Rs 5,936 crore from equities in May amid worries over 2nd COVID wave

      Foreign investors had pulled out Rs 9,659 crore in April after infusing money in the preceding six months, according to the depositories' data.

    • FPIs pull out Rs 10,347 cr from capital markets in April so far

      Between April 1-24, foreign portfolio investors (FPI) pulled out a net sum of Rs 6,822 crore from equities and Rs 3,525 crore from the debt segment, depositories data showed.

    • SEBI to review rules for foreign investors, listing of start-ups at board meet

      The recommendations of the Khan Committee on FPIs include fast-tracking the registration process for select category II FPIs.

    • Budget 2017: Govt exempts FPIs from tax in indirect share transfer cases

      The exemption covers category I & II investors registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

    • FPIs outflow at Rs 3,800-cr from equities in fortnight

      Foreign investors have pulled out over Rs 3,800 crore from the country's equity markets so far this month over concerns regarding "lower prospects" of economic growth as compared to other emerging markets.

    • P-Notes investments fall to 33-mnth low at 1.8 lakh cr in Nov

      According to the data available with Sebi, the total value of P-Notes investment in Indian markets -- equity, debt and derivatives -- fell to Rs 1,79,648 crore in November-end, from Rs 1,99,987 crore at the end of October.

    • FPI inflows at USD 4.5 bn in Q2; DIIs turn net sellers: ICICI

      The report by ICICI Securities noted that volatility in foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows has returned after seven months and could continue in the third quarter.

    • Listed foreign funds pull out $332 mn in June

      The listed funds -- passive exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and active non-ETFs -- generally account for a large part of foreign portfolio investor (FPI) activity in India.

    • FPIs net outflow in November at $1.5 billion

      As per the data compiled by the depositories, net outflow in equities stood at Rs 6,616 crore in November, while it was Rs 3,207 crore from debt, translating into a total of Rs 9,823 crore (USD 1.5 billion).

    • FPIs take out $1 bn from capital markets in Nov1

      Overseas investors have pulled out more than USD 1 billion from the Indian capital markets since the beginning of the month due to lacklustre quarterly earnings and concerns over a possible rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.

    • 'Stay long with bond positions; see 10-yr yields at 7.40%'

      Vivek Rajpal of Nomura gives his views on the bond market and the Indian currency. He expects the rupee to be an outperformer.

    • FPI interest in India still healthy: StanChart

      V Anantharaman, MD of Standard Chartered Bank, South Asia, says in times of volatility, fund flows are always from emerging markets to developed markets.

    • FPI inflow in equities reaches Rs 1 lakh crore

      Overseas investors have pumped in a staggering amount of over Rs 1 lakh crore into the Indian stock market since the beginning of the year, primarily on account of government's reform agenda.

    • Sebi changes for P-Note investors decoded

      Here onwards ODIs can be issued only to an investor who is a resident in a country which is 1) FATF compliant where the 2) securities market regulator is an IOSCO signatory 3) the central bank is a BIS member.

    • See FPI regime operationalised by April 1: Deutsche Bank

      Going forward, Anand Rengarajan of Deutsche Bank feels the treatment for FPIs would be the same as the current treatment for FII sub-accounts.

    • Sebi tightens norms for issue of participatory notes

      The guidelines, which are part of the newly notified Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) Regulations, have come into force with immediate effect. They provide for stricter oversight of P-Notes, the preferred route for overseas high net worth individuals (HNIs) and hedge funds for investing in the Indian market.

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