Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers in FY2025, offloading domestic equities worth Rs 1,27,401 crore. The intensity of selling, reduced significantly in March which saw a sell-off worth Rs 3972.61 crore. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), on the other hand, remained buyers throughout the year and purchased stocks worth Rs 6,06,368 crore. In March, the … Read more
Christopher Wood, the global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has announced his intention to sell his Bitcoin holdings once the price reaches $150,000, which represents a 53% increase from current levels. Currently, Wood has allocated 10% of his global portfolio for a US dollar-denominated pension fund to Bitcoin. As of Friday, Bitcoin (BTC) reached … Read more
Self-drive car-sharing platform Zoomcar on Friday said it has raised USD 9.15 million (about Rs 76 crore) from institutional investors. The proceeds will be used for repayment of approximately USD 3.8 million in debt and the remaining amount for general corporate purposes and working capital needs. In connection with the private placement, the company said … Read more
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday pitched the India story to a large group of pension funds and institutional investors in the US and impressed on them to take advantage of India’s enormous investment opportunities. Sitharaman addressed a roundtable on “Investment Opportunities in India” at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the world’s oldest and … Read more
Led by a confluence of global factors like sharper-than-expected weakening of the US labor market, unwinding of Yen carry trades and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, FIIs withdrew $1.3 billion from the Indian stock market in the week. However, buying of around $2.2 billion worth of equities by domestic institutional investors last week … Read more
ET Intelligence Group: Foreign investors are increasingly favouring India’s discretionary consumption and capital expenditure sectors, ramping up equity allocations in Asia’s third-largest economy following a brief pause. The capital goods sector saw the largest increase in weightage among major sectors, contributing 131 basis points to reach 5.71%. The auto sector’s portfolio weight rose by 115 … Read more
The finance ministry is working on a proposal to allow private institutional investors secure a board representation in the government-backed Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) managers following their investment in these collective investment vehicles. The move is expected to help attract more interest from large global funds to acquire a stake in these InvITs, which are … Read more
NEW DELHI: Shyam Metalics, whose Rs 909 crore IPO was sold from June 14 to June 16, has finalised its basis of allotment and the initialisation of refunds is likely to begin today. The IPO will list on the bourses on June 24. The issue by the producer of long steel products, which consisted of … Read more
Individual investors in India are rushing to buy corporate bonds from weaker borrowers, taking bigger risks to boost returns in a debt market dominated by institutional investors. Company note sales to retail investors have more than doubled from a year earlier to 67.2 billion rupees ($898 million) so far in 2021. A further 31 billion … Read more
NEW DELHI: The over Rs 900-crore Offer for Sale (OFS) of government shares in defence firm Bharat Dynamics got off to a smooth start with the portion reserved for institutional investors oversubscribed 1.40 times. The government is selling over 2.74 crore shares of Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) at a floor price of Rs 330 apiece. … Read more