private equity, PE, investors, investments, companies, firms, VC

Investors favour technology companies in India and Southeast Asia, says one analyst

merger, deals

Initial trends in the new year will likely prove forecasters wrong on deal activity in 2020

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The industry experts are expecting more activity in the segment, especially if a delayed regulatory framework takes place during the current year.

Fund, money, investment

Quadria itself will focus on strategic initiatives and operational improvement in portfolio companies

Brookfield, Piramal Capital look to cash in on buyout opportunities in NBFC

KKR was also in talks to acquire majority stake in Aadhar Housing Finance, a unit of Wadhawan Global Capital

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There were 17 PE deals worth $319.88 million with no private equity exit in the last seven days ended 
July 10, 2019

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments witnessed a decline during the first half of this year, driven by a slowdown in e-commerce, early-stage investments and a lack of big deals, says an EY report.

Air India on Friday said it has completed the acquisition of its first A350-900 aircraft by way of a finance lease transaction with HSBC through the GIFT City.
This is also the first wide body aircraft to be leased through the GIFT City, the country's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).
In a release, the airline said the transaction was facilitated by its wholly-owned subsidiary AI Fleet Services Ltd (AIFS) and is also the first financing transaction from the orders for 470 aircraft that were made earlier this year.
Tata Group-owned Air India, which has embarked on an ambitious transformation plan, expects the first A350-900 aircraft to arrive in India by the end of this year.
According to the release, the airline has successfully acquired India's first Airbus A350-900 aircraft through a finance lease transaction with HSBC.
"This landmark transaction marks the beginning of our aircraft leasing business from GIFT IFSC, as AIFS will be the primary Air India Group .

Air India

The six units being planned to be listed are Vedanta Aluminium, Vedanta Oil & Gas, Vedanta Power, Vedanta Steel and Ferrous Materials, Vedanta Base Metals and Vedanta Limited

Vedanta

The counter that hit a 52-week low of Rs 42.39 on August 29, 2023, traded at a record low of Rs 37.96 in March 2009. It had hit a record high of Rs 581.24 in December 2007

Real estate

Shares of GMDC hit a record high of Rs 323.70 as they rallied 14%, surpassing its previous high of Rs 316.18 touched on November 12, 2007

Lignite

1 out of every 25 shares from the Nifty 500 index has more-than-doubled investors wealth in 2023 so  far, with Apar Industries, Mazagon Dock and JBM Auto as the top movers.

Wealth-Manager

Axis Bank Vistara credit card, American Express Platinum Travel card, and SBI ELITE card credit have emerged as top-preferred among travellers.

Credit card, security, cyber security

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

A proposed early-stage trade deal is in jeopardy, potentially hurting India's efforts to woo the West and serve as a supply-chain alternative to China

India Canada

The registration plan comes after the Centre decided to delay the requirement of licenses for such imports

laptops, laptop imports

The report suggests that demand for Rupay credit cards went up by 37 per cent on quarter in the July-September period across India's 706 small towns and cities.

Credit card

The century-old Roshanara Club in Delhi - the cradle of Indian cricket - was on Friday sealed by the Delhi Development Authority, which also took possession of the historic club, officials said.
The action was taken in the early hours and comes nearly six months after an "eviction notice" was served on the club by the DDA as its lease had expired earlier, a senior official said.
The historic club was established on August 15, 1922 and had turned 100 last year.
Endowed with natural beauty, green pastures and colonial-era charm, Roshanara Club, located in north Delhi, has emerged as one of the most prestigious clubs in the country.
"Following court orders, that inter alia upheld its eviction order dated, 12.04.2023, the Delhi Development Authority today evicted and took possession of the premises of Roshanara Club Ltd, the leases for which had expired 11 years back in 2012 and six years back in 2017," the DDA said in a statement.
This action was taken under provisions of section 5 (

Roshanara Club

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Big Tech

Tata Steel on Friday commissioned a 10.8-MW capacity floating solar power project on the upper cooling pond of its Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand.
A total of 20.34 MW of solar projects have been commissioned in various facilities at Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, the company said in a statement.
The floating solar project was commissioned by Tata Power under an agreement with the steel major for the installation of a total of 41MW with a combination of rooftop, floating and ground-mounted solar panels across its locations.
Earlier, rooftop solar projects at the central warehouse, cold rolling mill, wire rod and hot strip mills, totalling 7.65 MW and a 2 MW ground-mounted solar project at Sonari Airport have already been commissioned.

Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy

He said that the way the Indian Diaspora welcomed him with Uttarakhandi customs and musical instruments at Heathrow Airport, was in itself a special experience

Pushkar Singh Dhami

Global private equity firm Advent International on Friday announced a new board and management of Suven Pharmaceuticals after completing the acquisition of a majority stake in the domestic drug maker.
Suven Pharma will be led by a management team comprising Annaswamy Vaidheesh (Executive Chairman), Dr V Prasada Raju (Managing Director) and Dr Sudhir Kumar Singh (Chief Executive Office), Advent International said in a statement filed on BSE by Suven Pharma.
In terms of the Board of Directors, along with Vaidheesh and Raju, Pankaj Patwari, Managing Director at Advent, will also join the team, it added.
Suven will also have three independent directors - - K.G Ananthakrishnan, Ex-MD MSD India and Ex-Director General of OPPI, and Chairman of PNB; Matangi Gowrishankar, Ex-BP Global Head of Capability Development, and Ex-Director of Human resources, Castrol India, Strategic Advisor and Certified coach; Vinod Rao, former head of investor relations at Diageo and ex-CFO PepsiCo Asia ...

Private equity deal

PE deals in Asia-Pacific fall in 2022 as US investors drop China for India

The year of deals

Online pharmacies see record funding in 2019, investments double to $321 mn

PE investor Quadria Capital plans new $400-million health care fund

Brookfield, Piramal Capital look to cash in on buyout opportunities in NBFC

Key deals last week: GEC Private Investing, Affirma Capital and more

PE-VC deals value declines 11% to $7.6 bn in Jan-Jun