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

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  • Shradha Bindal
  • Imran Haque
  • Suman Saurabh

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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.

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  • Shradha Bindal & Imran Haque & Suman Saurabh, 2025. "Foreign Institutional Investors, Controlling Shareholders, and Market Timing: Evidence from India," Review of Corporate Finance, now publishers, vol. 5(1–2), pages 117-151, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnlrcf:114.00000072
    DOI: 10.1561/114.00000072
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