Some experts suggest the government to raise investment limit of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in corporate bonds help investment in the infrastructure sector. They also want the government to raise investment limit of FIIs in government bonds as this would help in brin
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Emerging mkt funds deploy huge amount in Indian mkt
Reports suggested that emerging market funds deployed a sizable amount of funds into Indian equity markets in 2012.These funds, that are a section of foreign institutional investors (FIIs), invest in markets such as India, China, South Korea and Taiwan, among others. On the other hand, India-focused funds witnessed sharp redemptions from their abroad clients during the year, quas
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Non-metro airports can be viable on PPP if govt pitches in funds: Experts
With city side development, can non-metro airports be made viable? Should non-aero activities be bid out separately? Experts tell us.Arun Chandran, Director Aviation & Project Management Services, Parsons Brinckerhoff India,currently engaged with projects at Delhi International Airport, Celebi, Maldives airport,support function at Hyderabad airport.
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Credit ratings: Need for a different rating mechanism
Conventional investment credit ratings-typically lower than desirable for infrastructure projects-constrain financing infrastructure investments in India, says Dhruba Purkayastha. So should the methodology be revisited?
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A new opportunity to participate in Indian infrastructure
The government is finally preparing to launch its first IDF this year, albeit with a $3 billion corpus open to domestic investors alone. Vishal Shah and Smit Sheth hail IDF as a good beginning, but contend that the definition of infrastructure needs to be sharpened.
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FIIs to get flexibility in infra bond investments
In a move to stimulate the foreign flows into infrastructure bonds, the Finance Ministry has eased norms for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) for investing in long term infrastruÂcture bonds. To lure FIIs, it has reduced lock-up period on such holdings to one year from three years for a five-year bond for overseas institutions investing up to $5 billion in infrastructure bonds.
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Lock-in period of infra bonds to be halved
Aiming at creating greater interest among foreign investors, the Finance Ministry has decided to halve the lock-in period for foreign portfolio investments in infrastructure boÂnds to on-and-a-half years.
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Vox Pop: Investors warm up to govt moves
Going forward, a 25-28 per cent growth is envisaged in the cold storage industry. Even so, it will be a while before prices are arrested, exports of cold storage commodities take off, and indeed, before a heady rush of private participation is a reality, say the industry’s practitioners and best experts.
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