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Motilal Oswal Alternates, the alternative investment platform of financial services group Motilal Oswal, on Thursday said it is entering into private credit space, with a new fund that targets to mobilise Rs 3,000 crore. This marks the group's entry into the country's fast-growing private credit market with a differentiated multi-pronged investment strategy, at a time when India's credit landscape is undergoing a structural shift. In a statement, Motilal Oswal Alternates said it has initiated regulatory processes to launch its private credit arm. "The maiden fund proposes to raise Rs 3,000 crore, including the green shoe option of Rs 1,500 crore," it added. The proposed fund looks to invest in growth capital and special situation-oriented transactions. Motilal Oswal Alternates has raised over Rs 23,000 crore across 11 private equity and real estate strategies and is poised to exceed USD 3.5 billion in assets under management over the next year with the addition of the private cred
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund on Monday bought shares of forging and precision engineering firm Bharat Forge worth nearly Rs 378 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal available on the NSE, Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund (MF) purchased nearly 32 lakh equity shares, or 0.65 per cent stake, in Pune-based Bharat Forge. The shares were acquired at an average price of Rs 1,217.32 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 377.73 crore. Details of the sellers of Bharat Forge's shares could not be ascertained on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Shares of Bharat Forge rose 0.94 per cent to close at Rs 1,192.20 apiece on the NSE. In a separate bulk deal on the NSE, Singapore-headquartered Amansa Capital purchased 12.82 lakh shares or 0.97 per cent stake in speciality chemicals maker Aether Industries for Rs 94 crore through an open market transaction. The transaction was valued at around Rs 94.27 crore and was executed at a price of Rs 735 apiece. Meanwhile, Goldma