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CAA, Kashmir : $453 billion investor cuts India exposure
The Western Asset Management Co is reducing its Indian government bond holdings on concerns over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Jammu and Kashmir region clouding the economic outlook.
New Delhi: The Western Asset Management Co is reducing its Indian government bond holdings on concerns over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Jammu and Kashmir region clouding the economic outlook.
The $453 billion investor, an affiliate of Legg Mason Inc, is diverting some of its funds into longer-dated Malaysian and Chinese debt, according to Desmond Soon, head of investment management for Asia ex-Japan, according to reports. It has an overweight position in India bonds.
The fund's view is that the protests over the controversial CAA may have temporarily taken the government's attention away from economic reforms.
"It certainly distracts Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government from making the necessary economic policy and reforms to focus on the economy," Soon told Bloomberg, adding: "We are in the process of reducing India somewhat."
Foreign holdings in Indian sovereign bonds have slipped to their lowest in three years, the report said.
