FII flows may help markets scale new highs

According to the guidelines, the regulator will continue with 49% foreign investment limit in the aviation sector which includes both FDI and foreign institutional investor (FII) investments.

Indian shares rose for a fourth straight session, driven by renewed FII buying. The benchmark 30-share BSE Sensex ended a choppy session up 39 points or 0.19 percent higher at 20,286, with 16 of its components advancing. The broader Nifty index rose ...

In January this year, the US Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued comprehensive final regulations implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ( FATCA ). The issuance of these final regulations marks a key step ...

Foreign institutional investors, or FIIs, are showing renewed interest in Indian stocks, a trend that drove the benchmark BSE Sensex past the 20,000-mark in intra-day trade on Wednesday though it closed at 19,990.18 points. FII net monthly ...

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank today announced rationalisation of FII investment in bonds, including G-Secs, by doing away with various categories, a step to attract more foreign inflows to fund widening current account deficit. "On a review, to simplify ...

Ahluwalia, who was instrumental in setting up of capital markets regulator Sebi during his tenure at Finance Ministry in the late 80s, said that the Indian market has made a significant progress since then and going forward it needs to be even more ...

New Delhi: Overseas investors have pumped in Rs 5,414 crore (about USD 1 billion) in the in April, the lowest in 16-months, amid political and economic worries. With this, the total foreign investor investment in the country's equity market has ...

New Delhi: Going bullish on the country's only listed microfinance company, foreign investors have more than doubled their holding in SKS Microfinance to nearly 36 percent over the past financial year with purchase of shares worth an estimated Rs ...

Capital market regulator SEBI has not come across any instances of anonymous investments into the stock market through Participatory Note (PN) route, Parliament was informed on Friday. "SEBI, which has a regulatory role in the matter, has not come ...