India's IL&FS pushes back deadline on latest fund
IL&FS Investment Managers (IIML), the private equity arm of India's Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services, has pushed back the deadline on its growth fund, with final close now expected in the first half of 2016.
The final close had originally been expected at the end of 2015; in a release, the firm attributed the delay to a difficult fundraising environment. IIML has been raising the fund while pursuing a number...
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