Page 17 - Private Equity

Competition Commission to study ownership patterns of PE investors

CCI wants to gauge the 'common underlying incentive and motivations' of a private equity player behind PE investments

Bain & Co top recruiter in first cluster of IIM-A summer placements

Company extends 20 job offers; it is followed by BCG with 19 offers

Reliance Retail completes Rs 47,265 cr fundraise from 10.09% stake sale

The investors include high-profile private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds

Oaktree, Varde offer $2 billion funding to Vodafone Idea: Report

Vodafone Idea said in September it plans to raise as much as 250 billion rupees ($3.4 billion)

PE/VCs pumped in $8.4 billion in Oct 2020, growth of 163% over Oct 19

Significant jump in PE/VC investments was primarily on account of investments worth $3.3 billion made in Reliance Retail Ventures

With $40 billion, private equity players hope to better 2019 investments

RIL shores up the numbers, with $17 bn through PE, sovereign funds in 3 deals

PE deals score over REITs as realtors eye fast money, avoid listing hassles

Sellers can get 100% funding immediately under PE, compared with 10-25% in REIT, whose listing process could take some time, with risk of market sentiment turning weak in between

Cautiously building growth momentum again: Vishwavir Ahuja, RBL Bank CEO

Banker says there were hiccups due to coronavirus impact but all lead indicators are turning positive

Private equity group Inspire Brands to buy Dunkin' in $11.3 billion deal

The deal is one of the largest transactions ever in a restaurant industry that's being upended by the pandemic.

Office properties grab lion's share of realty's $2.31 bn PE investments

The segment accounts for 81% of PE funds flowing into the real estate sector betwen Jan 1 and Sept 30; residential segments gets 9%

What lies ahead for Sanjeev Krishan, PwC India's youngest man at the top

Over the last six 'lockdown and unlock' months, Krishan spend relentless hours on video calls and webinars to keep in regular touch with CXOs across India and abroad

Tatas, private equity investors in talks with BigBasket for stake buy

Firm continues to see huge traction as it enters year-end sale period

In India's highways sector, institutional money overtakes promoters

India's pecking order in terms of tolling is already headed towards being fund-focussed

US continues to be biggest source of VC investment in India as China shrugs

Experts say, the dominance of the US investors will probably grow in the coming decade, including in filling the gap created by the withdrawal of Chinese investors

Private equity inflow in real estate down 85% to $866 mn in Jan-Aug: Report

The private equity (PE) inflow stood at $5,795 million in the corresponding period of the previous year

VC investments from China down by 66% in 2020, startups to feel the heat

China, which was ranked third on the PE/VC investments by country of investors, in 2019 fell to the sixth position in 2020

We have begun to reallocate to emerging markets: Alex Tedder on tech stocks

Alex Tedder is CIO, Head of Global & Thematic Equities at Schroders Investment Management

Silver Lake's Rs 7,500 cr investment in Reliance Retail sets stage for more

With KKR already said to be in talks for a $1 bn investment, other investors like Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Mubadala could be next in line

Covid-19 impact: IPO slump stonewalls private equity exits in H1 2020

Public market sales accounted for 80 per cent of the exit value in H1 2020, mainly due to SBI Cards' $1.4 billion IPO

PE/VC investments decline 10% y-o-y in first half of 2020: Report

Deals worth $9.6 billion in Jio Platforms accounted for 52 per cent of all PE/VC investments in this period