August 2010
M T W T F S S
« Jul   Sep »
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  

Contact us

GVK Power to Raise $325 Million Selling Energy Unit Stake

GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd., an Indian generator backed by T. Rowe Price Group Inc., plans to raise as much as 15 billion rupees ($326 million) selling a stake in its energy unit to boost generating capacity. The builder of airports and power plants plans to sell securities that can be converted into equity of its unit, GVK Energy Ltd., Chairman G.V. Krishna Reddy said in an interview in Hyderabad, where the company is based. GVK is in talks with private equity firms for the sale, he said. GVK joins Asian Genco Pte in seeking private equity funding as investors prepare to tap rising electricity demand in Asia’s second-most populous nation. India, ranked below Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka for the quality of infrastructure, plans to increase generation by 77 percent in the next seven years to reduce blackouts and drive the world’s third-fastest growing major economy. […]

PE firms in talks to acquire 250-cr Cumballa Hospital

A clutch of private equity firms and a large Indian corporate house, have initiated separate discussions to buy out Cumballa Hill Hospital & Heart Institute, a 50-bed hospital located at posh South Mumbai, two people familiar with the matter said. The management of Cumballa Hill Hospital has valued the company at around `250 crore, one of the executives privy to the development told ET. When contacted, Vijay Shetty, managing director of the institution whose family runs the hospital, said: “We are not in discussions with anybody.” He declined to comment further on the development. Cumballa Hill, which is managed and run by a trust, is one of South Mumbai’s popular hospitals and specialises in heart ailments. Started by cardiologist and founder trustee KR Shetty, it has acquired the adjacent property and is also in the process of building a 220-bed multispeciality hospital with a helipad facility for air transport, as per its website. […]