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Foreign Institutional Investors, Controlling Shareholders, and Market Timing: Evidence from India

Shradha Bindal, University of Kansas, School of Business, USA, bindal@ku.edu , Imran Haque, Independent Scholar, USA, Suman Saurabh, Department of Management Sciences, IIT Kanpur, India
 
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Shradha Bindal, Imran Haque and Suman Saurabh (2025), "Foreign Institutional Investors, Controlling Shareholders, and Market Timing: Evidence from India", Review of Corporate Finance: Vol. 5: No. 1–2, pp 117-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/114.00000072

Publication Date: 31 Mar 2025
© 2025 S. Bindal, I. Haque and S. Saurabh
 
Subjects
Event studies/market efficiency studies,  Firm ownership,  Corporate finance,  Asymmetric information
 
Keywords
JEL Codes: G15, G18, G23, G32, G34, F65, O16
Foreign institutional investorscontrolling shareholdersemerging marketsmarket timinginformation asymmetryhome bias
 

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In this article:
Institutional Background 
Sample Selection and Descriptive Statistics 
Increase in FII Limit and Firm Characteristics 
Shareholding Trend Following FII Limit Increases 
Stock Performance Following FII Limit Increases 
Additional Analyses 
Conclusion 
Appendix A: Variable Definitions 
References 

Abstract

Using a regulatory feature that governs foreign equity investments in India, we analyze equity purchases and their timing by foreign institutional investors (FIIs). We find that controlling shareholders use their information advantage to sell overvalued equity to FIIs around valuation peaks. Despite the initial positive market reaction to greater anticipated FII shareholding, we find that firms that raise their FII limits underperform in the long run. Our study thus questions the effectiveness of FIIs in markets characterized by opaque information environments.

DOI:10.1561/114.00000072

Online Appendix | 114.00000072_app.pdf

This is the article's accompanying appendix.

DOI: 10.1561/114.00000072_app

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