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India emerges top destination for private equity in January

Mumbai: India has emerged as the most favoured private-equity destination attracting $1.24 billion worth of investments in January, surpassing China and Japan, according to a study published by the Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ).

India topped the PE investment ranking … […]

Property funds look for professional help

MUMBAI: The unprecedented boom in the real estate sector has led to an increased demand for real estate professionals not only from the companies engaged in the business, but also from a large number of private equity funds, targeting the … […]

Indian firms top Asia-Pacific in private-equity investments

Indian companies attracted $2.2 billion in private-equity investments last year, the most in the Asia-Pacific region, said a Thomson Financial report released on Monday.

The firms received the investments in 143 deals. Chinese companies emerged second with $1.7 billion from … […]

Investment banks betting on growing M&A deals in India

With a surge in the number of global merger and acquisition (M&A) deals involving Indian companies, revenues of investment banks from India have shot up 23 per cent in 2006 to $413 million.

While the sheer quantum of M&A deals … […]

Start-ups attract 20% PE funding

Private Equity (PE) investments in start-ups accounted for 20 per cent of the overall PE investments in the country, which stood at $7.46 billion in 2006 (over 299 deals). The percentage is expected to improve since PE investments are estimated … […]

ANALYSIS – Talent war takes bite out of India bank profits

MUMBAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Two years ago, the head of Indian trading at a global investment bank lamented that, despite his support and the lure of much more money, few of his talented local staff were chasing jobs in New … […]

India's 2007 IPO Party

A harmonic convergence of near double-digit economic growth, a roaring bull market, and expansion-minded executives has set the stage for another year of high-volume initial public offering activity in India. And this year could be a record-buster, according to … […]

Cash-rich PEs feed on distressed assets mart

MUMBAI: India is becoming a hot destination for ‘scavenging’. Cash-rich private equity distress funds are hovering atop the $35-billion distressed asset market in the country sighting enormous wealth-creation opportunities.

According to experts, 2006 has been an eventful year for distress … […]

India is in for a liquidity crunch

INDIA'S real estate and stock markets are heading for a correction, with a liquidity crunch in the banking sector likely to accelerate the trend, according to one of the country's most influential bankers.

Indian stock valuations are inflated and property … […]

2007 may be the year of auctions

NEW DELHI: GE puts its plastic business for sale, Philips sells its semi-conductor business to a PE consortium. This global phenomenon of buyouts is all set to find its way to India and some of them will be accompanied by … […]