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Ever since Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential elections, bitcoin has been surging, going up over 40% in the last two weeks. Recently, the cryptocurrency soared past $97,000, having risen 8.32% in just the last 7 days, and is currently trading at $96,906.09. The overall crypto market is also buoyant, with the crypto volume jumping 10.06% over the past 24 hours to touch $198.83 billion. The markets are enthused about Bitcoin's prospects going ahead, given that Trump has hinted towards establishing a dedicated role in the White House for deliberating crypto policies. Trump has been vocally pro-crypto and had promised, during his presidential campaign, to scale back <keyword id="24085738" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="crypto-regulations" source="keywords">crypto regulations</keyword> and fire SEC chair Gary Gensler, who had initiated a crackdown on digital assets in the US. The crypto lobby in the US has been advocating for crypto-friendly SECs and access to banks. In a bid to do so, crypto companies have pumped in over $119 million to support pro-crypto candidates. Says Edul Patel, co-founder and CEO of Mudrex, "Market sentiment grew stronger from Bloomberg's report of Trump’s plan to establish a dedicated White House role for crypto policy. The anticipation of faster regulatory clarity coupled with BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF options projecting a $176k price target by 2026 has driven BTC’s price to the $95K milestone and beyond." The ongoing rally is not restricted to just bitcoin but also extended to Solana and XRP, which gained 10.85% and 59.02%, respectively, over the last 7 days. But does this mean that good times are coming for <keyword id="19991358" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-markets" source="keywords">Indian markets</keyword> as well? Apurva Sheth, Head of Market Perspectives &amp; Research, SAMCO Securities, notes that bitcoin is a proxy for risk-taking in the markets. Bitcoin moving up means the risk appetite of investors is rising. Conversely, if it falls, then investors prefer safety." Both Nifty and Sensex have lost over 5% each over the last month. FIIs (<keyword id="19932515" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="foreign-institutional-investors" source="keywords">foreign institutional investors</keyword>) have also been scrambling out of Indian markets, having withdrawn Rs 1,14,445.89 crores during October 2024 and offloading Rs 34,348.30 crore so far in November. During trade today, Nifty and Sensex remained in red, with Nifty down by 0.74% and Sensex down by 0.6%. DIIs (domestic institutional investors) have been trying to keep the market afloat in both October and November, pumping in Rs 31,636.77 crore in Indian markets in November so far. Last month, DIIs infused Rs 1,07,254.68 crore in the Indian markets. According to an NSE report, by the end of the previous quarter, FPIs holding in NSE-listed companies stood at 36.3%, despite the seventh consecutive quarterly decline. Previously, FIIs holding in listed companies had hit a record high of 39.9% in December 2021. In contrast, DIIs are increasingly making headway into the Indian markets. Active Domestic Mutual Funds (DMFs) have been increasing their investments in the NSE-listed companies. Their ownership in these companies has risen from 12.4% in December 2021 to 15.7% as of September 30, 2024. Banks and insurance companies have also expanded their market share. Their ownership in NSE-listed companies has grown from 8.8% three years ago to 11% as of pr quarter.

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New Delhi, Dec 18 () Life insurers have sought 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the sector through the automatic route, which can help the sector attract capital of Rs 40,000-60,000 crore.
 India has received nearly Rs 30,000 crore worth of FDI in the private sector insurance firms since 2015, when the government had increased FDI limit from 26 per cent to 49 per cent.
 In a detailed presentation to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai), life insurance companies pitched for 100 per cent FDI limit in the sector.
 Investment under the automatic route does not require prior approval from the government.
 The insurance regulator on December 2 invited views from all the companies to increase the FDI limit in the sector and asked for their feedback by December 10.
 The subject matter was further discussed in the Life Insurance Council meeting on December 13.
 "The government will examine suggestions of further opening of FDI in aviation, media (animation, visual, gaming and comic) and insurance sectors in consultations with all the stakeholders," the Irdai said.
 The life insurers said the government should allow both the options FDI and FII (foreign institutional investors) in opening the insurance sector to 100 per cent via the automatic route.
 This will give the insurance companies an option to decide on which route they would like to take (FDI or FII or a combination of the two), to increase the limit to 100 per cent, the insurers said in the letter, adding there should be no conditions for the foreign investors for moving from 49 per cent to 100 per cent, such as restriction on voting rights and India ownership, among others.
 If the limit is increased from 51 per cent to 100 per cent, another Rs 40,000- 60,000 crore of inflows are attainable, based on current valuations.
 "Increase in FDI will help the country better technical know-how, better insurance penetration, and better training of stakeholders, etc. It will also help in higher settlement claims, better persistency and early claim reduction," the Irdai said.
 Among others, the increase in foreign stake will also help the private life insurance sector increase its market share and help in bringing more technical expertise on risk-based capital which developed markets have already implemented.
 More capital injection will help in expanding the business that will further help in generating more employment, thereby addressing the employment issues.
 "It will also help in increasing the government's GST collection and other taxes by increasing the ability of companies to write more business," it said.
 The increase in stake from 26 per cent to 49 per cent in 2015 led to an increase in total premium income of the Indian life insurance sector from around Rs 3 lakh crore in 2014 to around Rs 4.5 lakh crore in 2018.
 The total premium income growth for the private sector during 2014-15 and 2015-16 was 14 per cent each, while in 2017 and 2018, it was 17 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively.
 "A further increase in FDI to 100 per cent is likely to grow the Indian life insurance sector at much faster pace," the insurers said.
 It also said the increase in FDI is likely to increase money supply to the capital market that will increase economic activities.
 In the past, the increase in FDI to 49 per cent helped in increasing assets under management for the private life insurance players from Rs 1,07,225 crore in 2014 to Rs 2,54,461 crore in 2018. KPM HRS

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