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Morgan Stanley's private equity unit has invested $37.5 million (25.2 million pounds) in an unlisted firm in its first transaction in India, and a top official said the firm expected a busy 2009 as the need for capital drives deals. Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia took a “significant minority” stake in Indian castor oil maker Biotor and was focusing on healthcare, education, financial services and consumer products, said Srinavasa Rao Aluri, managing director of its India PE unit. “We have the dry powder, a good team in place and a healthy pipeline, which makes the coming year look interesting,” he told Reuters. “I do hope the activity will be feverish for us next year.” […]
In a move that can well send out a signal to the industry about the state of the affairs in the captive delivery centres of global banking giants in India, Wipro Technologies, the flagship business of consumer care to IT major Wipro, has announced to acquire Citi Technology Services, the captive delivery centre of IT services and solutions centre of Citigroup in India, for a consideration of $127 million (around Rs 609 crore) in an all cash deal. This is Citigroup's second India-based asset which is being sold out to one of its service provider, after the company recently sold its captive BPO arm Citigroup Global Services to TCS for about $505 million. While acquiring Citi Technology Services along with 1,650 odd employees working across its four delivery centres in Mumbai and Chennai, Wipro has managed to get a revenue commitment of about $500 million over the next six years, what Citi's Global Technology Head Jagdish Rao termed as 'minimum commitment' to the buyer. […]
Israel’s leading construction company U Dori Group is picking up a 50% stake in residential project in joint venture (JV) with Hyderabad-based Surana Group for Rs 125 crore, a person involved in the transaction said on the condition of anonymity. The U Dori Group will invest in Bhagyanagar Properties and Scientia Infocom, the two real estate arms of Surana Group, for setting up a residential group for housing and construction development project in Hyderabad. The Israeli company will invest either on its own or through its subsidiaries, Dori Global and Gazit Globe. […]
The RP Goenka Group has sold its 50% stake in mobile and laptop retail chain RPG Cellucom to joint venture partner Arun Nagar, founder and owner of Dubai-based Cellucom. Industry analysts peg the deal value at Rs 150-200 crore. However, this could not be independently verified. RPG group declined to provide details. While confirming the exit, a group spokesperson said, “This divestment is consistent with RPG’s focus on higher margin retail categories.” Cellucom is spread across Asia, Eastern Europe, South America and Africa. In October, Mr Nagar had announced plans to invest around Rs 300 crore on the India expansion, and said the company was adding 15-20 outlets every month. […]
Asian hedge fund Altima India Master Fund is looking at picking up 14.39 per cent in AIM listed The Indian Film Company. Altima India Master Fund is interested in acquiring 7,913,500 ordinary shares in the company, which represents 14.39 per cent of the company's issued share capital. Altima India Master Fund is a controlled undertaking of Altima India Master Fund Limited and both companies are domiciled in the Cayman Islands. The fund is advised by Altima Partners Limited, a UK partnership, authorised and regulated by the FSA. […]
Yahoo picked 30 percent stake in Info Network Management Company Pvt Ltd (INMAC), promoters of CallEzee services which enable users to gain access to directory services through use of telephone. Yahoo has routed the deal through its Dutch subsidiary and will have representation on INMAC’s board post acquisition. Call Ezee currently offers services in 14 cities across the country including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata. […]
UK based private equity firm 3i will retain presence in India even as an ongoing global restructuring programme prompts the firm — said to be the world’s largest listed PE outfit — to close down its key Hong Kong and Shanghai offices. Although the move is aimed at pruning costs, sources said that it also underscores the growing importance of the Indian market compared with other markets in Asia. The move to continue operations here also comes against the background of 3i’s recent plan to cut its global headcount by about 15% owing to the tough market conditions. The offices that will continue to operate include Mumbai and Singapore. The Mumbai office will coordinate the firm’s investments for companies across the country, while Singapore will be the hub for the whole of Southeast Asia. 3i Singapore will be responsible for investments in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. […]
Mumbai based non-banking financial company (NBFC), Tata Capital plans to raise $500 million as its first corpus of its private equity (PE) venture. With expansion such as investment banking, retail banking, corporate finance and retail loans on the mind, the NBFC will approach both domestic and international investors for the fund. The company is also leveraging its tie-up with Japan's Mizuho Securities to offer combined services such as investment banking, broking, PE and wealth management and thus strengthen its PE business. “Market conditions are tough and there are mid-tier companies that need funding for their expansion plans. […]
Following an investor outcry, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. late Tuesday dropped a $1.6 billion plan to buy stakes in a pair of infrastructure companies in which the Indian software company 's founders held stakes. The decision came just half a day after Satyam said its board had approved the plan to buy 51% of Maytas Infra Ltd. and all of Mytas Properties Ltd. The reversal was forced after Satyam's American depository receipts fell $6.85, or 55%, to $5.70 in 4 p.m. New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The ADRs rebounded 56% to $8.89 in after-hours trading. Analysts criticized the proposed buyout because of the construction companies' lack of relevance to Satyam's core business, and because Satyam's founders, led by Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, hold stakes of 36% in Maytas Infra and 35% in Maytas Properties. […]
FDI inflows declined 26% in October this year compared to the same month last year, commerce minister Kamal Nath told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Experts attribute this fall after seven months of robust growth to the drying up of investments from countries hit by the global slowdown. The inflows in September 2008 had registered a steep growth of 259% to $2.56 billion against $713 million in September 2007. In contrast, the figure for October 2008 fell to $1.49 billion compared to over $2 billion in October 2007. However, experts caution that a part of the October decline could also be attributed to a higher base in 2007 as FDI flow during the month was almost three times higher than in September 2007. […]
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