Calendar 2011 has been marked by a high number of investments and low volumes of exits for the private equity industry as compared with last year. Although the year saw good valuations on offer for private equity investors, it was difficult to exit from existing investments, say analysts’ reports. Private equity deals adding up to nearly $8.6 billion were seen in 2011 as compared with the $8.2 billion worth of deals last year, said the KPMG India report on Private […]

After foreign institutional investors turned net sellers in the Indian stock markets in 2011, the finance ministry came out with a mechanism to arrest market volatility in the new year.

The ministry on Sunday decided to allow foreign individuals and pension funds, as well as other entities, to invest directly in equity markets.

The individual and aggregate investment limit for these investors would be capped at five per cent and 10 per cent, respectively, of the Indian company’s paid-up […]