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Investcorp Real Estate Yield Fund and six others have settled with markets regulator Sebi a case of flouting Alternate Investment Funds (AIF) rules on payment of Rs 25.5 lakh towards settlement amount. Apart from Investcorp Real Estate Yield Fund, Investcorp India Asset Managers, Ajay Kumar, Niraj Sirsalewal, Ritesh Vohra, Gaurav Sharma and IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd have settled the case. The order came after the entities filed applications proposing to settle the proceedings that may be initiated against them for the violation of the provisions of the AIF Regulations, through a settlement order and remitted Rs 25.50 lakh. In its settlement order passed on Friday, Sebi said the "specified proceedings, in respect of which the notice was issued, are hereby settled in respect of the applicants". While examining the matter, Sebi observed that the tenure of the Investcorp Real Estate Yield Fund had been extended beyond 2 years and that its investments had not been liquidated within
Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has led an investment of Rs 340 crore (USD 41 million) in the paper-based packaging solutions provider Canpac Trends, companies said in a joint statement on Friday. The transaction provides a partial exit to JM Financial's second India fund that has been invested in Canpac since 2021. Founded by Nilesh Todi, Ahmedabad-based Canpac makes folding cartons, which have diverse end-use in fashion and retail, food and food services, FMCG, and industrial products. It also makes paper bags, luxury boxes, corrugated cartons and flexible laminate solutions. Canpac has four manufacturing plants in Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, apart from an R&D facility. The investment will help Canpac expand its production footprint to more manufacturing hubs, apart from scaling up sales capabilities, Canpac founder Nilesh Todi said. Gaurav Sharma, head of India investment business at Investcorp, said paper packaging champions sustainability, a .
Investcorp, a global investment manager specialising in alternative investments, has pumped in Rs 500 crore more into NDR Warehousing. This is the second investment that the fund has made into the warehouse development and operating platform. It had invested USD 55 million last year, the fund said in a statement Monday. Investcorp's India real estate team invests in real estate projects located in top tier cities and so far, it has deployed over USD 350 million across the warehousing, residential and education related sectors broadly with a social infrastructure focus. NDR has a diversified asset portfolio comprising warehouses across 10 cities including Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore and Kolkata, offering over or 14 million square feet area with an aggregate occupancy rate of over 95 per cent. It also has around 5 million square feet under construction. NDR is considering listing part of its warehousing portfolio as an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) later this year. "Our s