How and why you should invest in India

How and why you should invest in India By Ruzbeh Bacha Born and brought up in India, and now a British citizen, I keep a tab of developments and changes on the ground in India every time I visit. Visitors will be pleasantly surprised by the pace of development, yet less impressed with the increasing income inequality and wealth gap. I am going to focus on India as an investment opportunity and explain how the average investor outside of India can get exposure, and could generate a good return over the medium to long term.  Since February, the Indian market has been advancing at a constant pace as Indian companies thrive under a more favourable investment climate locally and a lot of liquidity globally. The Indian Government has recently adopted a pro-investment stance when tackling economic issues, and has implemented many initiatives to improve investment accessibility in India and reduce economic burdens faced by companies operating in India. On June 20th, 2016, the government announced sweeping reforms to rules on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), opening up its defence and civil aviation sectors to complete outside ownership and, for example, clearing the way for Apple to open stores in the country. This pro-investment stance has been emphasised repeatedly over the past year, as the government claims that it wishes to make the Indian economy "the most open in the world"… Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,665.63, a decrease of 35.27 points. The FTSE 250 fell 69.20 points to finish at 17,661.04. The FTSE All Share dropped 18.00 points to finish at 3,643.41. The FTSE AIM All Share ended the day at 801.65, up by 0.09 points. Tim Steiner, CEO of Ocado (OCDO) said that the business faces sustained and continuing margin pressures as the size of the average order with the grocery delivery service shrank 3.4% to £107.94. Strong growth in average order numbers meant that group sales jumped 15.4% to £314 million, but analysts worried about how sustainable the momentum will be given that the company is yet to announce deals with any North American or Mainland European retailers. The shares fell by 13.66% to 278p. Don't miss our September issue! Click HERE to read. High street clothing retailer JD Sports Fashion (JD.) increased profits before taxation for the half year ended 30th July by 73% to £77.4 million as it benefited from changing consumer tastes. Revenues rose 20% to £970.5 million with 20 new storefronts across Europe and complementary acquisitions in  Portugal and the Netherlands. The shares climbed 67p to 1,400p. AIM-listed localisation specialist Keywords Studios (KWS) saw its revenues soar 77% to €42.4 million (£35.9 million) during the six months ended 30th June after it bought three new companies during the period. The management team are continuing to look at new acquisition opportunities and are confident that full-year targets will be met. The shares ended the day at 415p, up by 5.33%. Tomorrow's news today Barratt Developments (BDEV) will release final results. Quote of the day "Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it." - Samuel Levenson Latest Stories Chart of the Day: Techfinancials By Zak Mir I have met the management of Techfinancials enough for them to be fully aware of my comments regarding the progress of my middle age. But as far as stock market sentiment is concerned, it is this business's coming of age that we're interested in... Click Here To Read The Full Story The UK equity market early autumn 2016? By Robert Sutherland Smith Does one chase this market into the mist and mellow fruitfulness of September or are most of the blackberries gone leaving only the thorns?… Click Here To Read The Full Story Is this fund the ideal inflation hedge? By Nick Sudbury Last week I wrote about the merits of investing in index-linked gilts as a way of protecting your capital against inflation. There are several specialist funds that operate in this sector, but if you don't want to get involved in such a niche area you could get a decent exposure via a core portfolio holding… Click Here To Read The Full Story Chart of the Day: Wishbone Gold By Zak Mir The run up to a company returning to profitability can be as positive on a fundamental basis as the technical run up to a golden cross buy signal between the 50 day and 200 day moving averages… Click Here To Read The Full Story The Evil Diaries: Churchill China and Clear Leisure By Evil Knievil Churchill Mining (CHL) keeps crawling up. And it is nothing to do with the general trend of indices. 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