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It has now been decided to i. increase the current limit of FII investment in Government Securities by US $ 5 billion raising the cap to US $ 15 billion. The incremental limit of US $ 5 billion can be invested in securities without any residual maturity criterion; and, ii. increase the current limit of FII investment in corporate bonds by US $ 5 billion raising the cap to US $ 20 billion. The incremental limit of US $ 5 billion can be invested in listed corporate bo.. Full Article

Revising its norms for foreign institutional investors (FII) in the infrastructure debt bonds, the capital market regulator Sebi today lowered the minimum bidding and allocation amounts for such investors. As per the revised guidelines, no single FII shall be allocated more than Rs 2,000 crore of the investment limit against the existing Rs 10,000 crore. The market regulator has also reduced the minimum bid size to Rs 50 crore from the existing Rs 250 crore, a SEB.. Full Article

Global uncertainties have made investors look East, as they have poured $2 billion into emerging market equity funds last week, more than what they have committed to developed nations, says a report. For the first time this year, emerging markets equity funds post bigger inflows than their developed market counterparts, according to data compiled by international fund tracking firm EPFR. Full Article

entities that do not file the requisite information by the stipulated date shall not be able to take fresh positions in the cash as well as the derivatives market w.e.f. October 01, 2010. From this date, non compliant entities could either, retain their current positions or sell off/ unwind. Full Article

The Government has increased the current limit of Foreign Institutional Investors (Fll) investment in Government Securities by US $ 5 billion raising the cap to US $ 10 billion and the incremental limit of US $ 5 billion be invested in securities wit Full Article

With a view to rationalize the present arrangements relating to portfolio investments by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Foreign Venture Capital Investor (FVCI) and Private Equity entities etc., the Government had set up a working group to look at various types of foreign fund flows, which take advantage of arbitrage across the respective stand-alone regulations and also make recommendations to the Government. Full Article

The draft Direct Taxes Code (DTC) along with a Discussion Paper was released on 12 August 2009 for public comments with the intention to simplify direct tax legislation in India. Subsequently, comments were solicited from the public and examined by the Government. A Revised Discussion Paper which is meant to respond to the major concerns and comments of stakeholders has now been released on 15 June 2010. Full Article

SEBI has directed foreign institutional investors to disclose more information about their investment structure in India."It is not about FIIs investment, it is about what structures FIIs have for their investments in India," SEBI Chairman, C B Bhave, told reporters on the sidelines of a FICCI-organised capital markets conference here on Tuesday. Full Article