The USD 57-billion HDFC-HDFC Bank deal helped the overall merger and acquisition activity in the country rise by 40 per cent to reach USD 163 billion in 2022, a report said on Monday. Strategic deals like the one involving the HDFC twins accounted for a bulk USD 126 billion of the overall quantum, while transactions involving private equity funds stood at USD 37 billion, the report by Deloitte, a consultancy firm, said. Despite global headwinds like rising interest rates and elevated inflation levels leading to increased margin pressures for companies, the firm expects the overall activity to remain "strong" in the ongoing 2023. The overall M&A (merger and acquisition) deals were much higher when compared with USD 69 billion in 2019, or USD 88 billion in 2020 amid Covid pandemic, and USD 116 billion in 2021, it said. Going by the number of deals, the figure rose to 911 in 2022, up from 826 in 2021 and 505 in 2020, the firm said. Mega deals valued at over USD 1 billion more than ..
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The management said the final hearing of NCLT, regarding the merger with HDFC, would take place on January 27, 2023, post which regulatory process will remain to be undertaken.
Four of the 10 most valued firms together added Rs 82,480.67 crore in market valuation last week, with HDFC Bank and Adani Total Gas emerging as the top gainers. While Infosys and HDFC were the other gainers, Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, State Bank of India and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) faced erosion from their market valuation. Last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 360.59 points or 0.59 per cent. The valuation of HDFC Bank rallied Rs 33,432.65 crore to Rs 9,26,187.54 crore, the most among the top-10 firms. Adani Total Gas, the new entrant to the coveted list, added Rs 22,667.1 crore, taking its market valuation to Rs 4,30,933.09 crore. HDFC's valuation jumped Rs 17,144.18 crore to Rs 4,96,067.07 crore and that of Infosys climbed Rs 9,236.74 crore to Rs 6,41,921.69 crore. However, the market capitalisation (mcap) of Hindustan Unilever tumbled Rs 17,246 crore to Rs 5,98,758.09 crore. The valua
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The country's largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Saturday reported an 18.5 per cent increase in its standalone net profit at Rs 12,259.5 crore for the third quarter ended December 2022. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 10,342.2 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year. Total income on a standalone basis rose to Rs 51,207.61 crore in the October-December quarter of FY23, as against Rs 40,651.60 crore in the same period of the previous financial year, HDFC Bank said in a regulatory filing. On the asset quality side, bank's gross non-performing assets (NPAs) remained flat at 1.23 per cent of gross advances as of December 30, 2022. Net NPAs too was flat at 0.33 per cent as compared to 0.37 per cent at the end of December 2021. Provisions and contingencies for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 were Rs 2,806.4 crore as against Rs 2,994 crore for the year-ago quarter, it said. Net interest income (interest earned less interest expended) for the quar
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Eight of the top 10 most valued firms faced a combined erosion of Rs 1,06,991.42 crore in market valuation last week, with IT majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services along with HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit. Last week, the Sensex declined 940.37 points or 1.55 per cent. Barring Hindustan Unilever and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), eight firms suffered erosion from their market capitalisation (mcap). The market valuation of Infosys tumbled Rs 25,185.37 crore to Rs 6,09,687.79 crore, the most among the top 10 firms. The mcap of HDFC Bank tanked Rs 18,375.41 crore to Rs 8,89,130 crore. The valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) eroded by Rs 17,289.02 crore to Rs 11,75,287.30 crore and that of ICICI Bank diminished by Rs 14,447.69 crore to Rs 6,07,140.65 crore. State Bank of India's market valuation slumped Rs 11,245.01 crore to Rs 5,36,012.18 crore. HDFC's valuation declined by Rs 7,419.45 crore to Rs 4,74,018.02 crore and that of Reliance Industries Limit
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