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Intel to pick up 3% stake in Allied

Global chipsets major Intel\'s venture capital arm, Intel Capital, has entered into a tie-up with IT company Allied Digital under which it will pick-up close to a three per cent stake in the BSE-listed Indian company. \”This is a strategic tie-up under which Intel Capital will be investing Rs 32-crore to subscribe to warrants which can be converted into equity in up to 18-months,\” Allied\'s Chairman and Managing Director, Nitin Shah, said. Once converted into equity, Intel Capital will hold close to a 3 per cent stake in the company, he added. The investment from Intel Capital will make Allied Digital a \”cloud ready\” company and also help it expand into newer geographies in South-East Asia, Europe and the Middle-East courtesy Intel Capital\'s relationships, he said. […]

IDFC AMC considers strategic stake sale in to foreign investor

Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) is looking at offloading a minority stake in its asset management business to a foreign investor to expand in the overseas market. “We will go in for a strategic minority stake sale of the asset management business. We are in talks with a pool of foreign investors,” said a company official in the know of the development. IDFC MF currently manages assets of over Rs 20,000 crore and ranks among the top 10 MFs in the country. At the end of August, 39 fund houses in the country managed assets worth Rs 6.87 lakh crore, according to the data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India. IDFC AMC started operations by acquiring StanChart's asset management business in March 2008. […]