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Amundi Investments launches funds to enhance exposure to Indian debt, targeting institutional investors in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
By Dharamraj Dhutia
MUMBAI (Reuters) -Amundi Investments, Europe's largest asset management firm, plans to allow its clients to increase exposure to Indian debt through its recently launched funds focusing on the country's fixed income market, executives at the asset management firm said.
To add to the dollar-denominated exchange-traded fund (ETF) started in September, the fund house launched the rupee-denominated India Bond Fund earlier this month.
The fund house is also bullish on India as it believes its current credit rating is unjustified, and keeping in mind the fundamentals, there should be a re-examination of the country's rating.
"The product is an unconstrained product ... so it provides quite a lot of flexibility to invest into state bonds as well as corporate bonds along with the traditional government securities," said Rajiv Nihalani, senior emerging markets investment specialist.
This fund will first approach institutional investors in Europe and Asia and then in Latin America towards the end of the year, Nihalani said.
India is just "scratching the surface in terms of flows", said Nihalani, and there is a lot of growth ahead, which makes it the right time to launch.
While the ETF has a weighted average duration of 6.4 years, the India Bond Fund would target an average duration of seven to eight years, with eyes on monetary policy easing in the first half of 2025.
Foreign investors have poured in over $17 billion into Indian bonds since September 2023 when JPMorgan said it would include this debt into its emerging market index.
However, they have been moving out this month, with net sales of around 80 billion rupees ($947 million) from bonds under Fully Accessible Route (FAR), most of which are a part of JPMorgan's index, on easing bets of aggressive Federal Reserve rate cuts.
The ETF will solely track the bonds under FAR, whereas the India Bond Fund will widen its investment horizon.
"We can also target the high-yield space ... up to 40% of the fund could be invested into corporate bonds." ($1 = 84.4920 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Maju Samuel)
The article discusses Amundi Investments' launch of funds to increase exposure to Indian debt.
How is Amundi targeting investors? By focusing on institutional investors in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
What types of bonds are targeted? State, corporate, and government bonds in India.
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