Improving FII inflows: Time to re-evaluate your portfolio

The attractiveness of the Indian markets is far from ebbing out. In the beginning of 2024 itself, there is another favourable development regarding the Indian markets. Bloomberg proposed to include India FAR (fully accessible route) government securities in the Bloomberg EM Local Currency Index. Quite naturally, this will ensure flows into the Indian markets. Capital … Read more

Negotiating bilateral investment treaties to sustain FDI growth: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi: India is negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BIT) to sustain the growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country in the spirit of ‘first develop India’, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech for 2024-25.“The FDI inflows during 2014-23 was $596 billion marking a golden era. That is twice the inflow … Read more

SC ruling to decide fate of TRCs, tax notices to investors

Mumbai: Foreign portfolio investors, offshore private equity houses and others who had acquired stocks through the foreign direct investment route are keeping their fingers crossed after a Supreme Court ruling that could embolden the Indian income-tax (I-T) authorities to question their tax benefits. The apex court this week has given an interim stay on a … Read more