Jun 28, 2022
By: Bhakti MakwanaForeign institutional investors (FIIs) are typically large companies that invest in countries other than where their headquarters are located via equity and debt products.
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The sell-off by FIIs from the Indian stock markets this year is talk of the town as it has hampered the market sentiment and sucked out the liquidity.
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In 2022, foreign investors have pulled out ₹.2.22 lakh crore from the Indian markets including equity, debt and hybrid assets as compared to ₹50,000 crore inflows in 2021. During the same time, Sensex slipped 10.65 percent.
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Total asset under management (AUM) of foreign investors in India is ₹48.23 lakh crore, higher than ₹38 lakh crore AUM of the mutual fund industry.
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Data accumulated by LiveMint shows that about 36 percent of foreign investors in India are coming from the US.
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Another big investor in the Indian markets comes from Mauritius with 11percent FII investors.
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Large investors from this European country rank third in the list with 9 percent FII investors of India.
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Investors from the Asian country contribute 7 percent to the overall FII AUM.
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Investors from both the UK and Ireland contribute 5 percent each to the overall FII AUM.
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While FII investors from Canada and Japan contribute 3 percent to the overall FII AUM, Norway and Netherlands 2 percent each.
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