The previous Global Insight Piece, ‘ We Don’t Need No Foreign Investor ’ did incite a lot of discussion and I received many queries, feedback and comments.

The piece, of course, was about the continued selling by foreign investors in the Indian public equity markets, over the last year, the last three years and more. At the same time, the faithful buying through Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) by the Indian retail investor, has ensured that the cumulative inflows in equities since 2003 by domestic mutual funds has surpassed those of foreign portfolio investors.

‘ We Don’t Need No Foreign Investor’!

Foreign investors still matter to the Indian markets, they own ~17% of the broader Indian equity markets, but their impact on share prices is not what it used to be a decade ago.

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