BSP-registered foreign portfolio investments (FPIs) in February 2022 yielded net inflows of $274 million resulting from the $945 million gross inflows and $670 million gross outflows for the month. This is larger compared to the net inflows of $15 million recorded in January 2022.
The $945 million registered investments for February 2022 reflected an increase of 29.1 percent compared to the $731 million recorded in January 2022.
Majority of investments registered were in PSE-listed securities while the remaining 20.7 percent went to investments in Peso government securities. The United Kingdom, United States, Luxembourg, Singapore and Hong Kong were the top five investor countries for the month, with combined share to total at 75.7 percent.
The $670 million gross outflows for the month were lower by 6.5 percent than the $717 million recorded in January 2022. The US received 76.5 percent of total outflows.
Year-on-year, registered investments in February 2022 declined by 29.4 percent from the $1.3 billion recorded in February 2021.
Similarly, gross outflows were lower by 51.4 percent than the outflows recorded a year ago.
It may be noted that the $274 million net inflows in February 2022 is a reversal from the $40 million net outflows recorded for the same period a year ago.
Year-to-date transactions for BSP-registered FPIs from 1 January to 28 February 2022 yielded net inflows of $289 million, larger than the $57 million net inflows noted for the same period last year.
