The unprecedented bull-run continues for Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) inflows to India. The net investment this year has already crossed the 2009 figure.

Standard Chartered Bank plc became the first organisation ever to raise capital through the use of Indian Depository Receipts (IDR); a watershed moment for both domestic and foreign investors.

In the largest ever IPO by an Indian company on the main board of the London Stock Exchange, Essar Energy plc raised GBP 1.3bn and started trading on 7th May 2010. The listing was sandwiched between euphoric and gloomy sentiments.

Two transactions that will redefine the linkages between the financial centres of India and the UK