Will buyouts boss the 2013 India Awards?
India buyouts have crossed the $1 billion threshold in only two years since private equity first came to the country. Those years were, unsurprisingly, 2006 and 2007, the peak of the pre-global financial crisis boom, when total PE investment reached $7.7 billion and then the all-time high of $17.9 billion.
Nine months into 2013 and buyout deal flow is once again within touching distance of the $1 billion mark. India has seen 15 transactions and the grand total is $954.7 million. Indeed, depending on how...
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