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CNBC-TV18 learns that Idea Cellular, which holds 16% stake valued at USD 600-800 million in Indus Towers, is in preliminary talks to sell part or whole of its stake in the company India's top mobile operator Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular in late 2007 had decided to pool their resources and hived off their towers into an independent firm, Indus Towers—the world’s largest tower company with over one lakh towers. Post the joint venture Vodafone and Bharti held 42% stake each while Idea held 16%. […]
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance said one of its investment arms may acquire 40% stake, for over Rs.100 crore, in a residential project of the Ansal API group in Ghaziabad, reports say, quoting investment banking sources, Business Standard reported. The residential project is a part of Ansal API's township project, Aquapolis. It is spread over 130 acres and has around 45 towers, with a total of 2,500 units. The project will be formed into a joint venture, in which Ansal Landmard, a group company of Ansal API, and an investment arm of ICICI Pru, will be partners, sources said. Ansal API is bringing in investors to complete the projects ahead of schedule. The projects were delayed due to slowdown in the realty sector. […]
Punjab National Bank has bought a controlling stake in the small Kazakh lender Danabank, the two banks said on Monday. The lenders did not say how much PNB had paid for the stake. “The joint bank plans to focus on financing small and medium-sized businesses in Kazakhstan, particularly in the agricultural sector,” they said in a statement. […]
Istithmar World Capital, the investment arm of Dubai World, has sold its entire 13.4 per cent holding in budget airline SpiceJet, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Friday. Istithmar sold its stake via two block deals for a total consideration of around 1.6 billion rupees to a couple of domestic funds and an FII, the source said, which three other bankers confirmed. Bank of America Merrill Lynch was the sole arranger of the deal, they said.(ET) […]
Citigroup is planning to sell its 5 per cent stake in India’s largest commodities exchange group for about $40m to Ashmore, the emerging markets specialised asset manager, people close to the matter said. The move to leave the Multi Commodity Exchange of India comes at a 10 per cent loss for the US bank that acquired its stake two years ago during a period of boom at $50m from Financial Technologies India, which controls the exchange. A person close to the US bank said the move is in line with Citigroup’s broader strategy to divest non-core assets and not a sign that the group is retreating from India. Another person close to the exchange confirmed that Citigroup was planning to leave. […]
Ascent Capital, an established Indian private equity firm focused on growth capital, has closed its Ascent India Fund III with commitments of $350 million. In an extremely challenging year for private equity fund raising where many funds announced fund-raising plans, Ascent Capital is one of the few that have succeeded in closing a fund on schedule. Ascent Capital has an association with UTI Ventures and the present assets under management by Ascent Capital are about $600 million. It is learnt that Ascent India Fund III was over-subscribed, but the limited partners were not in favour of increasing the hard cap beyond what they believed to be the optimal fund size. Industry sources attribute the success of Ascent Capital in raising funds to their relatively better track record in their previous funds. […]
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd will raise $100 million by March through stake sale in subsidiary Dalmia Cement Ventures Ltd, its managing director said on Thursday. “We have been talking to private equity players and we think we can make an announcement this quarter,” Puneet Dalmia told Reuters in an interview, adding the fund will be used to set up 5 million tonnes cement plant. […]
Quadrangle Capital Partners and a consortium of investors have acquired stakes in Tower Vision India. The equity capital and some additional debt financing will offer the wireless towers manager $300 million to boost its portfolio of transmission sites. The New York-based private equity fund, which has $3 billion in assets under management, will assume a “significant minority” share of Tower Vision. The fund’s investments in the region will concentrate on telecommunications, media and technology in India, China and Australia. […]
Advanta India Ltd today said its US subsidiary has acquired the assets and business of Texas-based Crosbyton Seed Company (CSC). CSC is a leading breeder, producer and conditioner of hybrid sorghum planting seed products including grain sorghum, forage sorghum, millet and sunflower, a company statement said. However, no financial details of the deal were divulged. In 2008, the company had acquired the business of US-based Garrison and Townsend Seed Company, it added. […]
Suzlon Energy Ltd. plans to sell its 26 percent stake in Belgium-based Hansen Transmissions International NV, the Economic Times reported. Two private equity firms, including a U.S.-based energy fund, are in the race to buy the stake, which is estimated to fetch $400 million to $500 million, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the development that it didn’t name. (Bloomberg) […]
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