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PNB Housing Fin says pricing for Rs 4,000 cr-deal in line with mkt practice
This comes amid concerns raised in certain quarters about its proposed deal with Carlyle group
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Our deal pipeline at present is the best in last few years: Tech Mahindra
The company's MD & CEO C P Gurnani and president (BFSI, HLS and corporate development) Vivek Agarwal talk to Shivani Shinde on the business momentum and M&A pace
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Thanks to Reliance, Deal Street grows 7% in value to $80 bn in 2020: Report
Despite the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant ravaging of the global economy, the Deal Street managed to grow 7 per cent in 2020 over 2019 to about USD 80 billion across 1,268 transactions, thanks to a string of big-ticket deals by Reliance, according to a report. More than a third of the total deal came through Reliance -- into Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail, according to the data collated by PwC India. While Reliance Jio attracted FDI worth USD 10.2 billion led by Facebook, Reliance Retail also got billions in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the second half. All other FDIs put together totalled just USD 3.2 billion. Merger and acquisitions (M&As) accounted for over 50 per cent of the total deal value this year, while private equity (PE) activity kept pace with last year, recording investments worth USD 38.2 billion, which is same as in 2019, says the report which said the numbers pertain to January 1 and December 7. Excluding the big-ticket deals in the telecom ...
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Dunkin' Brands in talks to sell itself and go private, says report
The deal being discussed would take Dunkin' Brands private at a price of $106.50 a share, these people said
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Best of BS Opinion: Deal activity in 2020, job slowdown, and more
Ways of selecting people for constitutional positions should be diversified
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The year of deals
Initial trends in the new year will likely prove forecasters wrong on deal activity in 2020
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Key deals last week: Quebec Deposit & Invest, Convergence Ventures and more
Quebec Deposit & Invest, Bessemer Venture Partners1,Convergence Ventures2, Infosys Innovation Fund, Eagle10 Ventures3
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Deals in october hit record volumes
So far this month, companies have agreed to mergers and acquisitions valued at more than $251 billion, financial-information provider Dealogic said
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