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Clermont Group likely to join Clix Capital in Lakshmi Vilas Bank deal

PE firm may infuse $150-200 million for up to 20% stake in bank before merger

Cash-rich PE firms, NBFCs seek deals from realtors on social media

Deals for stalled projects, last-mile financing being sought

Private equity player Bain Capital in talks to up stake in Axis Bank

In 2017, the lender had approved and conducted a sale of 9 per cent stake to raise Rs 11,626 crore, in a round led by Bain Capital.

PE firms express concerns over new FDI rules, say investments will get hit

Urge govt not to slap the rule on PE funds that have already raised money

Global BPM firm Startek will focus on new revenue streams this year: COO

Private equity firm Capital Square Partners (CSP) has gone under water on the deal

YES Bank crisis: PE firms want to invest at Rs 10/share, on par with SBI

JC Flowers, Tilden, Cerberus ask SBI to prepare a clean-up plan

We'll keep investing in India as long as we see opportunities: Blackstone

Schwarzman spoke to Pavan Lall, and fielded questions on concerns about the coronavirus, the next few quarters for the world economy, and doing business in India

PE, venture capital deals in healthcare, health tech firms grew 16% in 2019

Surge defies economic slowdown and a pricing and insurance issues, as healthcare is seen as a necessity from consumer's perspective

PE funds bet big on crisis-hit NBFCs even as other investors balk

The funds have invested about $2 billion this year in the country's non-bank financing sector, which is worth some $40 billion.

PE/VC firms invested over $2 bn in NBFCs, despite IL&FS crisis of 2018

According to Venture Intelligence data, this year's total come from 33 deals; there were 37 in 2018

Carlyle Group sells 3% stake in SBI Life in open market for Rs 2,800 cr

The shares were offloaded at an average price of Rs 938.83, valuing the transaction at Rs 2,816.5 crore, the data showed

Private equity firm Sanaka Capital to inject Rs 525 cr in Edelweiss Global

Sanaka will initially invest Rs 308 crore, and a further Rs 217 crore on a later date if talks are successful

PE firm Advent acquires women's innerwear brand Enamor in Rs 320 cr deal

The transaction is Advent's eighth investment in India in the past four years and its fourth in the consumer goods sector during the same period

PE investors make a beeline for start-ups to generate higher returns

Traditionally, they invested only in firms with cash flow but these have not generated great returns; with tech disruption, trend set to continue

Private equity-backed stocks do better in a volatile market

Interestingly, PE-backed companies which went public over the last 12 months have done better than those which got listed earlier

PE firm KKR enters education sector in India, buys 90% stake in EuroKids

Earlier, control deals for KKR included the 60 per cent buyout of Ramky Enviro Engineers for $530 million

No new equity close-ended schemes launched in 2019 after SEBI slashes fee

Not a single scheme launched so far this year

Rewind 2018: Private equity firms bet on control deals, high-value exits

2018 was also the year when the great Indian sale of stressed assets brought new opportunities for PE players to battle it out with strategic investors to grab more than a dozen odd large companies