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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 … […]

JM Financial India Fund to invest Rs 120cr in Sona Group

JM Financial India Fund, a US$ 200 million corporate private equity fund, sponsored by JM Financial Limited and Old Lane Partners LP, shall invest Rs.120 crore in the Sona Group (with an option to invest another Rs.40 crore at a … […]

IL&FS arm targets $900m mop-up for realty sector

NEW DELHI: IL&FS Investment Managers (IIML), the private equity arm of IL&FS, is planning to raise funds worth $900 million this year for investments in infrastructure, real estate and hospitality.

While it’s raising a $400-million proprietary fund, it’s also in … […]

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 … […]

Providence of US to buy stake in Asianet

MUMBAI/BANGALORE: US private equity giant Providence is buying a minority stake in Rajan Raheja’s Asianet Satellite Communications, Kerala’s largest cable operator, as rising growth and expanding reach make cable firms a valuable property.

A source close to the negotiations said … […]

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 … […]

Blackstone raising $10 billion as property funds go big

TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. private equity fund Blackstone Group is raising $10 billion for one of the biggest ever global property funds, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

The move comes in the wake of reports first … […]

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 … […]