"The government wants wider distribution of government debt in the hands of several FIIs, instead of having bigger impact of any single FII on government debt market," SMC Capitals Equity Head Jagannadham Thunuguntla said.

1. SEBI allocates Rs 8,000 crore govt debt to 12 FIIs
8 Sep 2009, 2248 hrs IST, PTI
MUMBAI: SEBI allocated Rs 8,000 crore of government debt to 12 foreign institutional
investors and their sub-accounts, including JP Morgan Chase Bank, Barclays Bank, Standard
Chartered Bank, in an open bidding platform that took place on the NSE platform today.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Copthall Mauritius
Investment were allocated Rs 800 crore of government debt each, the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) said in a statement.
Deutsche Bank International, Citicorp Investment Bank, BNP Paribas, Nomura Mauritius,
Schroder International Selection Fund and Bank of America Singapore successfully bid for Rs
750 crore of government debt each.
These debts were allocated to FIIs after they were left unutilised under the investment limits for
government debt set for FIIs. The government has set a ceiling of USD 8 billion of government
debt for FIIs.
On September 4, SEBI had cut the investment limit for an FII in government debt to Rs 800
crore from Rs 1,000 crore.
"The government wants wider distribution of government debt in the hands of several FIIs,
instead of having bigger impact of any single FII on government debt market," SMC Capitals
Equity Head Jagannadham Thunuguntla said.
Fund Advisors (UK) and DBS Bank were allocated government debt worth Rs 250 crore and Rs
50 crore respectively.
These would have to be utilised by the allocated entities within 45 days of the allocation, the
regulator said.