Thursday, October 17, 2019

FOREIGN PORTFOLIO VS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


     FOREIGN PORTFOLIO VS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
     INTERNATIONAL FINANCE/INTERNATIONAL TRADE
NET MANAGEMENT /COMMERCE
     DR SHASHI AGGARWAL

     MEANING OF FOREIGN  INVESTMENT
1.       FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS INVESTING IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN HOME ONE
2.       IT INVOLVES CAPITAL FLOWING FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER AND FOREIGNERS HAVING OWNERSHIP OR  SAY IN BUSINESS
3.       FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS GENERALLY SEEN AS A CATALYST FOE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CAN BE UNDERTAKEN BY INSTITUTIONS, CORPORATION AND INDIVIDUALS.
4.       WHEN MAKING FOREIGN INVESTMENT :
1.       ECONOMIC FACTORS
2.       OTHER RISK FACTORS : POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND CURRENCY FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK



     MEANING OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
1.       A FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FORM OF CONTROLLING OWNERSHIP IN A BUSINESS IN ONE COUNTRY BY AN ENTITY BASED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT BY A NOTION OF DIRECT CONTROL
2.       THE INVESTMENT MAY BE MADE EITHER INORGANICALLY BY BUYING A COMPANY IN THE TARGET COUNTRY OR ORGANICALLY BY EXPANDING THE OPERATIONS OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS IN THAT COUNTRY.
3.       INVESTMENT MADE TO ACQUIRE LASTING INTEREST IN ENTERPRISES OPERATING OUTSIDE THE ECONOMY OF THE INVESTOR.

     FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
     INVOLVE
1.       ESTABLISHING S DIRECT BUSINESS INTEREST IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY SUCH AS BUYING OR ESTABLISHING A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS,BUILDING WAREHOUSE OR BUYING BUILDINGS
2.       TENDS TO INVOLVE ESTABLISHING MORE OF A SUBSTANTIAL, LONG TERM INTEREST IN THE ECONOMY OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
3.       DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF INVESTMENT,USUALLY UNDERTAKEN BY MNC,LARGE INSTITUTIONS
4.       THEY ARE VIEWED MORE FAVOURABLY AS THEY ARE LONG TERM INVESTMENT
5.       DIRECT INVESTMENT INCLUDED HAVING CONTROL OVER THE BUSINESS INVESTED IN AND BEING ABLE TO MANAGE IT DIRECTLY BUT IT ALSO INVOLVE MORE RISK,WORK AND COMMITMENT
     EXAMPLE IN INDIA IN 2019
1.       TELECOMMUNICATION,SERVICES AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE WERE THE TOP ARES ATTRACTING FDI IN INDIA DURING THE FIRST QUARTER
2.       THE TOTAL INFLOW INTO ALL SECTORS INCREASED BY 28 % TO 16.33 BILLION AND LAST FISCAL IT WAS $ 12.75
3.       SINGAPORE WAS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF FDI IN APRIL TO JUNE IN 2019-20 WITH DOLLAR 5.33 BILLION,MAURITIUS WORTH 4.67 BILLION,THE NETHER LAND WORTH DOLLAR 1.35 BILLION DOLLARS AND JAPAN WORTH 472 MILLION DOLLAR
     FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT
1.       REFERS TO INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL ASSETS OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY SUCH AS STOCKS OR BONDS AVAILABLE ON EXCHANGE
2.       VIEWED LESS FAVOURABLY THAN DIRECT INVESTMENT BECAUSE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT CAN BE SOLD OFF QUICKLY AND ARE AT TIMES SEEN AS SHORT TERM ATTEMPT TO MAKE MONEY RATHER A LONG TERM INVESTMENT
3.       AS WITH EQUITY INVESTMENT FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS USUALLY EXPECT TO QUICKLY REALIZE A PROFIT ON THEIR INVESTMENTS.
4.       THEY ARE EASILY TRADED AND THE LIQUIDITY OF THE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT MAKE THEM MUCH EASIER TO SELL THAN DIRECT INVESTMENT
     EXAMPLE IN INDIA
     INDIA’S FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT INCREASED BY 5.156 USD BILLION IN JUNE 2019 COMPARED WITH AN INCREASE OF 11.469 USD BILLIN IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER
     DIFFERENCE
     FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
1.       IS BUILDING OR PURCHASING BUSINESSES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
2.       LONG TERM INVESTMENT
3.       ONLY SUITABLE FOR LARGE CORPORATIONS,INSTITUTIONS AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS
4.       FDI INVESTOR PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY
5.       GAIN BOTH OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT RIGHT
6.       PROJECTS ARE MANAGED WITH GREAT EFFICIENCY
7.       INVEST IN FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL ASSETS LIKE RESOURCES,TECHNICAL KNOW HOW ALONG WITH SECURITIES
8.       ENTRY AND EXIT ARE VERY DIFFICULT
      
     FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT
1.       PURCHASING OF SECURITIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES SUCH AS STOCK,AND BONDS ON AN EXCHANGE
2.       SHORT TERM MOVE TO MAKE MONEY
3.       PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE
4.       DEGREE OF CONTROL IS VERY LESS ONLY GETS OWNERSHIP RIGHT
5.       LESS EFFICIENTLY MANAGED
6.       INVEST IN FINANCIAL ASSETS
7.       ENTRY AND EXIT ARE EASY



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