Indian Markets are considered as one of the most attractive investment places for the Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) and Foreign Direct Investors (FDI). Indian economy shows a great potential to attract the foreign flows being invested into the country. In the year 2010, FII's contribute a major chunk of volumes on the Indian stock market which in turn have impacted the market moves and allowed to reach to new record breaking levels. When almost all the countries were hit by recession and their economies were in turmoil, the foreign investors look towards India for saver bets. India with a rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP) where other nations GDP/ Growth was shrinking, offered greater investment avenues. Indian Markets have been the clear outperformers with respect to the global markets in the past years.
As far as FDI in concerned, India is ranked 3rd in the global foreign direct investments in 2009. It is also projected that India would continue to remain among the top five countries for investors for 2010-2011,according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in a report on world investment prospects titled, 'World Investment Prospects Survey 2009-2011' released in July 2009.
FDI is more of a permanent mature, associated with export growth. They come into existence when all the criteria to set up an export industry are met. Criteria includes, reduced taxes, favorable labor law, freedom to move money in and out of country, government assistance to acquire land, full grown infrastructure, reduced bureaucratic involvement etc. Key sectors for foreign investment includes: IT, BPO, Auto Parts, Pharmaceuticals, unexplored service sectors including accounting; drug testing, medical care etc. Manufacturing is a brick and mortar investment. It is permanent and stays in the country for a very long time. Huge investments are needed to set this industry. It provides employment potential to semi skilled and skilled labor. On the other hand the service sector requires fewer but highly skilled workers. Both are needed in India.
The FII (Foreign Institutional Investor) is investment, which chases the secondary market. It is not exactly brick and mortar money, but in the long run it may translate into brick and mortar.FII reacts to the shortest political or economical disturbance. Key example to support the latter statement is the late nineties economic disaster of Asian Tigers. Once this money leaves, it leaves ruined economy and ruined lives behind. Hence FII is to be welcomed with strict political and economical discipline.
In this context, the report focuses on examining the trends and patterns of FDI and FII flows into India and will it really help to write India's growth story or its just an illusion.
OBJECTIVE
Understand FDI and FII and the difference between them
Examine the trends and pattern of FDI inflow in India from different countries and across different sectors from 2000-2010(September 30th).
Impact of FII investment on the momentum of Indian Stock Market from the period of 2007-2010(till September 15th).
Methodology
Following methods have been adopted to successfully achieve the objective of the seminar paper.
Data Collection
Secondary data has been used: Internet, journals and books, other reports and projects.
FDI:
Top 10 investing countries have been taken into account. They are Mauritius, Singapore, USA, UK, etc.
Top 10 sectors which have larger inflow of FDI from different countries are taken into account. They are computer hardware, telecommunications, service sector and computer software.
FII:
For the analysis of the market trend with respect to the FII inflow in India during the period from March'07- September (till 15th September)'10, Nifty Top 50 Index is considered.
Definition and Difference between FDI and FII
FOREIGN DIRECT INVENTMENT (FDI): The OECD benchmark definition of FDI is:
Foreign direct investment reflects the objective of establishing a lasting interest by a resident enterprise in one economy (direct investor) in an enterprise (direct investment enterprise) that is resident in an economy other than that of the direct investor. The direct or indirect ownership of 10% or more of the voting power of an enterprise resident in one economy by an investor resident in another economy is evidence of such a relationship.
According to economic theory, the three principal contributions of FDI to a host country are:
(1) The foreign capital invested by foreign firms
(2) Access to the export market which they provide
(3) Rapid development in the technological perspective through technology transfer which is part of the FDI deal.
All the above principle assists the host nation to achieve faster growth in all industry which else would not be feasible easily. First two principles are examined by analyzing the stake of FDI in total external inflows into the host economy and gross domestic capital formation, the ownership of foreign investors in different sectors in composition of industry FDI inflow and sources of inflow and the orientation of the firm in terms of the foreign investment.
Foreign Institutional Investor (FII):
Foreign Institutional Investor is defined as an investor or an institution from or registered in the country outside the one in which it is currently investing. The company has to abide by the rules and regulations of the country in which it is making investments.
FII includes the following
Overseas Pension Funds
g) Bank
Mutual Funds
h) Institutional Portfolio Manager
Investment Trust
i) University Funds
Asset Management Company
j) Endowments
Nominee Company
k) Charitable Trusts
Foundations
l) Charitable Societies
m) A trustee or power of attorney holder incorporated or established outside the country proposing to make proprietary investments or investments on behalf of a broad-based fund.
FII invests in two ways:
1) They invest their own funds,
2) Invests on behalf of their clients which are registered as "sub-accounts" under SEBI.
Apart from the above mentioned ways a domestic portfolio manager can also manage the foreign clients funds after registering itself under SEBI as an FII to manage the funds.
Difference between FDI and FII
FDI and FII are related to the investment in the foreign countries but there are differences in the way they invest and their characteristics.
Foreign Direct Investor
Foreign Institutional Investor
An investment that a parent company makes in a foreign country
An investment made by an investor in the markets of a foreign nation.
Invest with broader perspective to acquire physicals assets ,etc.
The companies only need to get registered in the stock exchange to make investments
Regulated by Reserve bank of India in India
Regulated by Securities and Exchange Board of India in India
High entry and exit barriers
Low entry and exit barriers
Investment in targets a specific enterprise
Investment to increase capital availability in general.
More Stable
Less Stable
Long term
Short term
Foreign Direct Investment
In Indian scenario following forms of investments are permissible for FDI:
Restricted areas:
Arms and ammunition
Atomic Engineering
Coal and lignite
Rail Transport
Mining of metals like iron, manganese, chrome, gypsum, sulfur, gold,diamonds, copper, zinc.
I. Foreign Investment through GDRs (Euro Issues)
Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) are treated FDI when in companies raise equity capital in the international market. Currency used is dollars (U.S) and investment is not subjected to any ceilings. A company should have a track of good performance for the minimum of 3years for seeking Government's approval. Exception to this rule in infrastructure projects such as power generation, telecommunication, petroleum exploration and refining, ports, airports and roads.
1. Clearance from FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board)
Companies or group of companies can have as many number of Euro-issue to be floating in the financial year. Manufacturing companies covered under Annex-III of the New Industrial Policy whose FDI after a proposed Euro issue is likely to exceed 51% or which is implementing a project not contained in Annex-III, would need to obtain prior FIPB clearance before seeking final approval from Ministry of Finance.
2. Use of GDRs
Proceedings of the GDRs can be used for financing capital goods imports, capital expenditure including domestic purchase/installation of plant, equipment and building and investment in software development, prepayment or scheduled repayment of earlier external borrowings, and equity investment in JV/WOSs in India.
II. Foreign direct investments in India are approved through two routes
1. Automatic approval by RBI
Automatic approvals are granted to all proposals and foreign equity up to 24%; 50%; 51%; 74% and 100% is allowed by the Reserve Bank of India within a period of two weeks (subject to compliance of norms).
The list includes almost all industries of interest to foreign companies. Investments in high priority industries or for trading companies are given priority for approvals from the RBI.
2. The FIPB Route - Processing of non-automatic approval cases
FIPB approves all other cases where the parameters of automatic approval are not met. Processing time is 4 to 6 weeks. Rejections are few and approvals are moderate for all sectors. There is no compulsion for foreign investors to have local investors, even when the foreign investor wishes to hold less than the entire equity of the company.
III. Analysis:
a) Sector specific policy for FDI
Sr. No.
Sector/Activity
FDI cap
Entry/Route
1.
Hotel & Tourism
100%
Automatic
2.
NBFC
49%
Automatic
3.
Insurance
26%
Automatic
4.
Telecommunications
cellular, value added services
ISPs with gateways, radio paging
Electronic Mail & Voice Mail
49%
74%
100%
Automatic
Above 49% need Govt. licence
5.
Trading companies:
primarily export activities bulk imports
cash and carry wholesale trading
51%
100%
Automatic
6.
Power(other than atomic
reactor power plants)
100%
Automatic
7.
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
100%
Automatic
8.
Road, Highways, Ports and Harbors
100%
Automatic
9.
Pollution Control and Management
100%
Automatic
10.
BPO
100%
Automatic
11
Call Centres
100%
Automatic
12.
For NRI's and OCB's:
i. 34 High Priority Industry Groups
ii. Export Trading Companies
iii. Hotels and Tourism related
Projects
iv. Hospitals, Diagnostic Centers
v. Shipping
vi. Deep Sea Fishing
vii. Oil Exploration
viii. Power
ix. Housing and Real Estate
Development
x. Highways, Bridges and Ports
xi. Sick Industrial Units
xii. Industries Requiring Compulsory Licensing
xiii. Industries Reserved for
Small Scale Sector
100 %
Automatic
13
Airports:
Greenfield projects
Existing projects
100%
100%
Automatic
Beyond 74% FIPB
14.
Asset reconstruction company
49%
FIPB
15.
Cigars and cigarettes
100%
FIPB
16.
Courier services
100%
FIPB
17.
Investing companies in infrastructure (other than telecom sector)
49%
FIPB
b) Year wise FDI Investment in India
S. NO
Financial Year
Total FDI Inflows
% growth over Previous Year
1
2000-01
4029
----
2
2001-02
6130
+52%
3
2002-03
5035
-18%
4
2003-04
4322
-14%
5
2004-05
6051
+40%
6
2005-06
8961
+48%
8
2006-07
22825
+146%
9
2007-08
34362
+53%
10
2008-09
35168
+1%
11
2009-10
37182
+6%
12
2010-11(September 30th)
13508
------
c) Share of top ten investing countries FDI equity in flows
S.NO
Country
Amount of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows
In Rs. Crores In U.S$ (million)
%age with total inflows
1
MAURITIUS
228,626.29
51,088.54
42.12
2
SINGAPORE
50,328.76
11,329.38
9.34
3
U.S.A.
40,538.11
9,001.88
7.42
4
U.K.
27,506.69
6,211.53
5.12
5
NETHERLANDS
22,414.82
4,984.96
4.11
6
CYPRUS
19,698.03
4,314.32
3.56
7
JAPAN
19,446.74
4,277.63
3.53
8
GERMANY
12,832.16
2,878.35
2.37
9
FRANCE
8,313.48
1,831.18
1.51
10
U.A.E.
8,152.28
1,791.97
1.48
d) Sector wise FDI inflows from April 2000 to September 2010
S. NO
Sector
Amount of FDI Inflow
In Rs. Crores In US$ million
%age with total inflows
1
Services Sector
114,735.90
25,667.73
21.16
2
Computer Software & Hardware
46,285.12
10,406.16
8.58
3
Telecommunications
45,508.80
9,988.01
8.23
4.
Housing & Real state (Including Cineplex, Multiplex, Integrated Townships & Commercial complexes Etc.)
40,326.02
8,996.46
7.42
5.
Construction Activities
37,215.60
8,384.52
6.91
6.
Power
24,276.06
5,355.91
4.92
7.
Automobile Industry
5,355.91
4,776.18
3.94
8.
Metallurgical Industries
17,610.52
4,038.67
3.33
9.
Petroleum And Natural Gas
13,907.71
3,190.94
2.63
10
Chemical(except Industries)
12,048.84
2,663.59
2.20
Till September 2010 sector which received the largest shares of total FDI inflows is service sector and computer software and hardware sector which accounts for 21.16 and 8.58.
Manufacturing, Information, Professional, Scientific and Technical services are the top sectors attracting FDI into India via M&A activity. Indian government keeps a close watch and corresponds closely with these sectors as they are attracting the largest shares of FDI inflows overall.
Government raised the FDI limit in 2009 in telecom sector from 49% to 74%, which has contributed to the robust growth of FDI. Thus telecom sector grows 103% during fiscal 2008-09 as compared to previous fiscal. The sector attracted USD 2558 million FDI in FY '09 as compared to the USD 1261 million in FY '08, acquired 9.37 per cent share in total FDI inflow. India automobile sector recorded 70% growth in foreign.
Housing and Real Estate (28.55%), Computer software and hardware (18.94%), Construction activities including road and highways (16.35%) and Power (1.865) are the other sectors which registered growth in highest FDI inflow.
Foreign Institutional Investor (FII)
I. Introduction
Market crisis broke out in late 1990's. Experts as well as policymakers started examining the role of FII. A general perception was held that FII are speculators and they invest for short - term gains. This behavioral bias is believed, may affect in overreaction and lead to the bad financial crises
But, Indian liberalization process in 1992, rules and regulations were modified and FII's were allowed to invest in Indian capital markets. This all was done under New Industrial Policy which was a part of the reform process. Since then GOI continue to lower entry/exit barriers for FII's. Number of FIIs registered under SEBI surged up from 492 in March 1999 to 2304 by September 2010.
II. Indian Capital Market design for Foreign Institutional Investor
In April 2003, Government of India set up an committee for organizing all the procedures related to FIIs. They also assisted in recommending changes in the SEBI registration process, and the dual approval process of RBI and SEBI should be converted into single approval process. All their suggestions and recommendations were implemented in December 2003.
At present, foreign investors are eligible to invest under the FII route as follows:
i) As FII: Foundations, charitable trusts, charitable societies, overseas pension funds, mutual funds, investment trust, asset management company, nominee company, bank, institutional portfolio manager, university funds and endowments.
ii) As Sub-accounts: It includes foreign corporations/individuals/institutions/funds established or incorporated outside India on whose behalf investments are proposed to be made in India by a FII. Eligibility criteria for them is to register as sub-accounts, viz. partnership firms, private company, public company, pension fund, investment trust, and individuals.
FIIs fall under two categories
a) Regular FIIs: those who are required to invest not less than 70 % of their investment in equity-related instruments and 30 % in non-equity instruments.
b) 100 % debt-fund FIIs: those who are permitted to invest only in debt instruments.
III. Restricted areas for Investments:
Restriction has been imposed on FIIs to invest in equity issued by an Asset Reconstruction Company. They are also not prevented from investing in any company which is engaged/proposes to engage in activities like:
1) Agricultural or plantation activities
2) Business of chit fund
3) Nidhi Company
4) Real estate business or construction of farm houses (real estate business does not include development of townships, construction of residential/commercial premises, roads or bridges).
5) Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs).
IV. Analysis
Trend of Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) in India
Investments in American Depository Receipts (ADRs)/ Global Depository Receipts (GDRs), Foreign Institutional Investments and investments in offshore funds are included in Portfolio investments in India. Pre-liberalization process (1992) only and Overseas Corporate Bodies and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) were allowed to undertake portfolio investments in India. From 1992, they were allowed to invest in Indian capital market as well. Permission was granted to invest in both primary and secondary markets including equity and other instruments/securities of companies listed/to be listed on stock exchanges in India.
Table: Comparison of movement in Nifty with FII investment for the period March'07-December'07
As we can see in the table above for the given period (March'07- December'07) Nifty increased by 2317 points (60.63%) and the FII flows been on a constant rise with total FII inflow during this period has been Rs. 63754.600 Crores.
Table: Comparison of movement in Nifty with FII investment for the period January'08-December'08
Year 2008 has been in contrast to the year 2007; Nifty plunged to a low of 2252.75 in Oct. 2008 after touching the mark of 6357 in Jan. 2008 to as. On monthly closing basis the Nifty Index lost 2187 points (5137.45 in Jan 08 to 2959.15 in Dec. 08). And, as we can see the FII's are the net sellers during the period with the drop in investment to -52987.4 Crores.
Table: Comparison of movement in Nifty with FII investment for the period January'09-December'09
Year 2009 showed a positive trend with Nifty surged to 5201.05 in December 09 from 2874.80 gaining 2326.25 points (80.91%), Investors who adopted the strategy of buy and hold were facilitated by good returns.FII flows increased to 83424.20 crores during the period.
Table: Comparison of movement in Nifty with FII investment for the period January'08-September 15th,2010
Year 2010 witnessed some of the most promising upward movement in the markets. Nifty touched the levels of 5860.95(as on 15th September) from the levels of4882.05 (January 2010) gaining around 978.90 points. FII's continue to show faith in the Indian economy and market in the total inflow of Rs. 68321.80 crores during the period (January'2010 to September 15th, 2010)
Graphical Representation of the total flow of FII and the Nifty movement from March'2007 to September 15th ,2010
After looking on above graphical representation of the data, we can conclude that Indian markets are affected by the amount of FII investments in the country. Thus, foreign Institutional investors are vital to the Indian markets and regulatory bodies should keep a track of it.
One of the most significant characteristics of this graph is its symmetry. We can see that during January'2009 and February'2009 as the FII inflows were reduced, the movement of the Nifty also showed a downward side. Similarly during February'2010 and March'2010, when FII inflows in the country increases, Nifty also showed an upward movement. Therefore, a strong co-relation can be observed during the period considered. FII investments continue to impact the Indian markets significantly.
Thus, year 2007 saw a boom in the markets because of large fund inflow by the FIIs. Global economy crisis in the year 2008, severely impacted the Indian market as major part of fund outflow was seen because of the sell-off trend by the FIIs.
Markets recovered in the year 2009 as the government assured of the stable economy of the country and offering relief packages. FII continue to show faith in the growing economy of India and continue the process of fund inflow. GDP(Gross Domestic Product) continue to boost, stable political government and other business ventures continue to attract the foreign investments in the Indian markets.
