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Contrarian fund to counter FIIs

P Vaidyanathan Iyer in New Delhi | December 08, 2003 09:47 IST

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has sought the government's advice on the creation of a contrarian fund to counter the rising inflow of foreign institutional investor funds.

The regulator has also sought the government's advice on addressing four more market imperfections, including the absence of large institutional players, dispersed regulation of listed companies, and dispersed measures for investor education.

Sebi has suggested that participation of banks, pension funds and insurers will help in capacity building.

It has pointed out that mutual funds hold 76 per cent of their funds in debt and money market instruments. Just under a quarter of their funds are invested in equities.

FII investment in India

Year

Amount in
Rs crore

1992-1993

13

1993-1994

5126

1994-1995

4796

1995-1996

6942

1996-1997

8574

1997-1998

5957

1998-1999

1,584*

1999-2000

10122

2000-2001

9934

2001-2002

8755

2002-2003

2689

Current fiscal
up to Nov 29

28916

Cumulative

87866

(US$ 21.31 billion)
*Net FII outflow

The regulator has said the capital market can be deepened through new issues, including divestment of the government's stake in public sector undertakings.

Besides, exchange trading of government securities and fixed-income derivatives by banks and financial institutions can impart more depth to the market, it has pointed out.

Sebi has also cited the recommendations of the joint parliamentary committee on the stocks scam of 2001 to demand comprehensive regulatory powers over listed companies.

At present, the powers are divided between the department of company affairs and Sebi. The Investor Education and Protection Fund, currently under the jurisdiction of the department of company affairs, might also be transferred to Sebi, it said.

The regulator is reviewing the policy on participatory notes and sub-accounts. It recently directed foreign institutional investors to report the issue of participatory notes after it was highlighted that almost 25 per cent of the foreign fund inflow till October-end this year -- about Rs 23,000 crore (Rs 230 billion) -- was invested in the market through participatory notes.


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