Indias capital market investment options

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a glance

 Second fastest growing economies after China with an average annual growth rate of more than 8 per cent in the last three years  Indias growth rate has surpassed some of the developed economies  GDP at current market prices is over US $778 billion

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a glance

 Foreign investment can be made in India with specific prior approval in sectors other than those prohibited  Foreign investment is now freely allowed in all sectors, including the services sector subject to specified sect oral ceilings except in a few strategically sensitive areas

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a glance

 General permission granted to the Indian companies for issuing rights/bonus shares to the existing nonresident shareholders subject to adherence to sect oral cap  Indian companies may issue shares under Employee Stock Option Scheme to its employees who are resident outside

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a glance

 An Indian company can raise foreign currency resources overseas through ADRs or GDRs  Foreign Institutional Investors are allowed to invest in India under the Foreign Institutional Investment scheme  Portfolio investment limits in individual companies can be raised by Board resolution keeping the overall sect oral cap in view

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a glance

 Investments can be made through foreign venture capital funds  Private equity is allowed as an alternative form of investment  Qualified Institutional investors are allowed to invest in Indian Depository Receipts floated by foreign companies. FIIs and NRIs can also invest in IDRs after obtaining permission from RBI

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a glance

 FIIs can make investments in Corporate and Government Bond markets within the limits  Household Investment in Shares and debentures as percentage of financial savings at 4.9 per cent

Indian Economy and capital market at a glance

 Market capitalization of Rs.34,62,692 crore or over US $ 770 billion as on November 17, 2006  India is the worlds 12th largest in market capitalization.  Market cap-GDP ratio is almost 100 per cent cap-

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 With Sensex crossing 13,000 mark ahead of most of the emerging economies with a P/E ratio of 22.01  NSE (Indias National Stock Exchange) is the third largest in the world in the number of trades after NYSE and NASDAQ

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 India has 23 small and 2 big stock exchanges  The 2 big stock exchanges (National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange) account for 90 per cent of trade  Over 7000 listed companies on the stock exchanges largest in the world

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 9040 brokers in cash segment and 1064 in derivative segment of the market  122 investment bankers in the market  58 under writers to support primary issues  34 foreign venture capital funds  120 Portfolio managers

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 11 custodian banks  2 depositories with over 9 million beneficiary owner accounts  120 Portfolio managers  Number of traders at 20 million  Number of internet trading clients at 1.44 million  Internet trading at 12 per cent of total trading

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 Rise in index during the last eighteen months over 100 per cent  Year on year return during the last year at 74 per cent  Daily volatility of the market 0.76 per cent to 1.29 per cent  39 mutual funds with over 500 schemes for investment

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 Cumulative assets of mutual funds over US$68 billion  India launches Capital Protection Fund and Gold Exchange Traded Funds  About 1000 foreign institutional investors

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 Investors by foreign institutional investors at over $50 billion  At current prices, it is around 15 per cent of the total market capitalization  Only broad based entities established and incorporated abroad are eligible to be registered as Foreign Institutional investors in India

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 FIIs can invest on behalf of their clients through sub-accounts sub For normal FIIs, limit for investment in equity is at least 70 per cent while the rest could be invested in debt up to a maximum limit of 30 per cent

Indian Economy and Capital Market at a Glance

 FIIs could also be dedicated debt funds who can invest up to 100 per cent in debt  FIIs can issue overseas derivative instruments like Participatory Notes (PNs) to the entities registered in the country of origin.  There are 86 venture capital funds and 54 foreign venture capital investors  Most Foreign venture capital funds provide seed capital to firms with enormous growth potential

Why invest in Indian capital markets?

 Business Week says that of 100 emerging market firms which are rapidly globalising 21 are Indian firms  Economists project India to become the third largest economy in the world by 2040  Indian capital market regulator has acquired international credibility in the least possible time

Why invest in Indian capital markets?

 India has a disclosure based regime of regulation  Disclosure and Investor Protection guidelines available  Indias accounting standards are closer to international standards  India has a well laid down legal framework

Why invest in Indian capital markets?

 India has T+2 rolling settlement as opposed to T+3 in NYSE.  In India the transactions are totally electronic on a real time basis.  India has several protective safeguards for the retail investor such as grading system of public offering, retail quota at 25 per cent etc.

Why invest in Indian capital markets?

 SEBI has made corporate governance guidelines mandatory for listed companies  Mutual funds are permitted to invest overseas up to $3 billion  Margin trading is in vogue  Corporatisation and demutualization of stock exchanges on card - foreign participation in bourses permitted.

Why invest in Indian capital markets?

 As an integral part of risk management trading and exposure limits, var margins and mark to market margins are in vogue  Clearing houses and corporations with novation in place  Almost 100 per cent risk free electronic settlement through depository system  SEBI has a surveillance and enforcement system in place

Why invest in Indian capital markets?

 India to become a regional hub for bond trading once a free financial zone is set up  India to set up a world class National Institute for Securities Markets with 7 business schools under its fold