22.09.2014 - Sovereign wealth funds cheer FPI framework; double assets in 10 months
Recent regulatory changes introduced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) with regards to foreign investors seem to have gone down well with sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), who have more than doubled their equity assets in the last 10-12 months. Just a couple of months after Sebi issued the draft regulations for foreign portfolio investor (FPI) regime, SWFs’ assets under custody (AUC) surged to their highest ever at $18.07 billion in December, 2013. Since then, SWFs have further raised their equity holdings, with AUCs surging past $24 billion — 150% higher than the levels seen just before the draft in September 2013...............................................Full Article: Source
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