However, capital movement in the non-bank sector still recorded a surplus, despite loan repayment, as Foreign Direct Investment (FID) and portfolio investment continued to flow in, partly due to the successful recapitalization in a number of Thai financial institutions and receipt from the auction of assets by the Financial Sector Restructuring Authority (FRA). Part of the recent influx of FDI had come from the parent companies providing financial assistance to their liquidity-stripped affiliates/subsidiaries in Thailand. Nevertheless, such FDI was generally very stable.