FIIs may return after year-long absence; attractive valuations, government policies support outlook: HSBC report
A day after HSBC’s upgrade of Indian equities to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Neutral’, citing attractive valuations, supportive government policies and resilient domestic flows, the brokerage anticipates the return of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) after a 12-month period of absence.HSBC noted that external positioning heavily favours markets like Korea and Taiwan, funded by selling Indian equities. However,…