India Inc's M&a Activity

India's M&A deals dipped in Q2 amid valuation caution, shows data

The number of deals also slipped to 787, compared with 840 transactions in Q2FY25, reflecting a slowdown in corporate deal-making momentum

Madhvani Group in talks with Cerberus for $190m loan to buy Indian firm

he parties are discussing a bilateral private credit loan with a tenor of about three-years, said the people, asking not to be identified because the information is private

Chandrayaan-3 has landed on the Moon, but where are India Inc's moonshots?

The 12-fold jump in India's national income in dollar terms over the past three decades has been largely a product of labour-cost advantage over the West

BankAm's i-bankers continue to pull off deals for India Inc amid Covid-19

BankAm topped Dealogic's league tables for equities at $2.8 billion in deals (followed by ICICI Securities at $2.4 billion and JP Morgan, or JPM, at $2.4 billion) for FY21

Cash-rich Indian IT services companies go aggressive in M&A space

As capital allocation is altered, dividend payout to dip in the ongoing financial year

India Inc sees M&A deals worth $15 bn in Jan as domestic deals gain pace

Corporate India's merger and acquisition (M&A) activity witnessed over six-fold increase in year-on-year deal value to approximately USD 15 billion in January, primarily on account of revived domestic deal activity, says a report. In January this year, there were 47 M&A deals worth USD 15,137 million, while there were 45 such transactions worth USD 2,301 million in the same month of 2017, according to assurance, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton. The uptick in the deal momentum was primarily on account of revived domestic deal activity that witnessed over eight-fold increase in deal values. January recorded three domestic deals valued over USD 1 billion accounting for 98 per cent of the total M&A deal values, the report said. Meanwhile, cross-border deal values recorded over two-fold increase on account of three big-ticket transactions estimated and valued over USD 100 million. "Deleveraging the asset holding companies and strengthening the market position appeared to ..

India Inc's M&A activity grows 55%; at $3 billion in Nov

India Inc's merger and acquisition activity registered a growth of 55 per cent year- on-year in November with deals worth USD 3.2 billion, powered by big-ticket transactions and revival in cross-border activity, says a report. According to assurance, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton, cross-border deal tally logged an over seven-fold increase in value terms in November. The month recorded four cross-border transactions valued at over USD 100 million compared to only one such deal in November 2016. In November, there were 39 M&A transactions worth USD 3,217 million while in the same period last year, there were 45 deals worth of USD 2,074 million. "Aggregate value of M&A transactions increased by over 50 per cent despite a minor dip in transaction volumes. This increase was primarily driven by a couple of cross-border transactions in telecom, pharma, healthcare and biotech sectors aggregating USD 1.9 billion," said Prashant Mehra Partner at Grant Thornton ...