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IFC invests in Indian wind power group

The World Bank’s IFC has continued its investment run in India, announcing that it will inject $15 million into power producer Simran Wind Project Private Limited, used for the company’s expansion.

  • South Asia
  • 18 March 2011
IFC makes case for microsavings

In light of the controversy surrounding the merits of microlending to impoverished borrowers – which has largely been a commentary on some MFIs’ operations in India - a report from the World Bank’s investment arm, the International Finance Corporation...

  • South Asia
  • 17 March 2011
Goldman Sachs acquires Indian hedge fund

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is set to acquire 10-year-old Indian hedge fund manager Benchmark Asset Management Co. in a move that bolsters its holdings in the market.

  • South Asia
  • 17 March 2011
Sequoia discusses future of Indian investments

One month after Sequoia Capital India’s founders announced they would depart to launch WestBridge Public Fund later this year, the VC major’s MD told domestic media that Sequoia planned to remain a strong investor in the market, earmarking $600 million...

  • South Asia
  • 16 March 2011
PTC India to float on BSE

PTC India Financial Services, whose parent last year partnered with Ashmore Investment Management to launch a private equity energy fund, has listed on the National Stock Exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange in a process that may raise INR440 crore ($97.4...

  • South Asia
  • 16 March 2011
SAIF-backed Speciality Restaurants files for IPO

SAIF Partners-backed food services firm Speciality Restaurants has reportedly submitted filings for a public offering, targeting as much as INR170 crore ($37.6 million).

  • South Asia
  • 16 March 2011
Axis PE’s Gupta, Knight quit captive fund

Axis Bank, India's third largest lender has made no secret of its intentions of leaving the private equity industry. Over the last year, it has entertained a management buyout offer for Axis Private Equity (which has a INR600 crore ($133 million) infrastructure...

  • People
  • 16 March 2011
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Even megafunds need to meet LP demands

After industry debate, Bain’s Asia Fund II may give investors options that focus on performance, not fees

  • North Asia
  • 16 March 2011
India-Japan cross-border insurance deal

Reliance Capital-owned Reliance Life Insurance is to sell a 26% stake to Japan’s largest life insurer, Nippon Life Insurance, for $680 million. The deal has been touted as the largest foreign direct investment in India’s insurance space, and values...

  • North Asia
  • 15 March 2011
Mount Kellett considers Indian pharma investment

US private equity group Mount Kellett Capital Management is reportedly making an INR410 crore ($90 million) investment in MedPlus Health Services, one of India's top pharmaceutical retailers, based in Hyderabad. Mount Kellett aims to make its capital...

  • South Asia
  • 14 March 2011
VIDEO: Kaizen's Sandeep Aneja

India’s education sector has become a hot investment realm of late, and in light of Kaizen Private Equity’s success in raising funds for its newest vehicle, Sandeep Aneja, Founder and MD of the education-focused group, discusses strategies for investors...

  • South Asia
  • 14 March 2011
TPG finally takes control of Vishal Retail

Six months after TPG received the go-ahead to acquire the wholesale unit of distressed Indian superstore chain Vishal Retail, the PE firm has reportedly taken control of the asset, further seeing its investee Shriram Group acquiring a separate part of...

  • Buyouts
  • 14 March 2011
TPG looking at 8x return on Shriram Transport

TPG is reportedly looking to exit its stake in Shriram Transport Finance Co. (STFC), touted as India’s largest commercial vehicle lender, for as much as $1 billion, 8x its initial investment.

  • South Asia
  • 11 March 2011
Standard Chartered PE makes another Indian exit - reports

Standard Chartered Private Equity-backed energy generator producer Powerica Ltd. has reportedly targeted $200 million for its upcoming June IPO, coming as the latest of Standard Chartered’s exits in the Indian market

  • Exits
  • 11 March 2011
SBI-Macquarie, Standard Chartered among GMR Airport investors

GMR Airport Holdings, a unit of Bangalore-based GMR Infrastructure - which operates two of India’s major airports - is reportedly set to receive INR15 billion ($333 million) from SBI-Macquarie, Standard Chartered Private Equity and a third unnamed PE...

  • South Asia
  • 11 March 2011
Kotak Mahindra seeks $300m for infrastructure

Kotak Mahindra Group is on the road to raise $300 million for an infrastructure-focused private equity fund in India, and has already received capital commitments from Brookfield Asset Management in Toronto, Sumitomo Mitsui in Tokyo, and Kotak itself.

  • South Asia
  • 10 March 2011
VIDEO: Crowded Indian market still has room to grow

The Indian private equity market is undergoing change. Just last week, ChrysCapital founder Ashish Dhawan announced his retirement, while an unnamed private equity firm has poached the Indian head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Capital.

  • South Asia
  • 10 March 2011
StanChart invests in Indian chemicals group

Standard Chartered Private Equity, Limited (SCPEL), the private equity arm of UK’s banking Group Standard Chartered, will invest an INR850million ($18.9 million) in Privi Organics, a leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of aroma chemicals in...

  • Expansion
  • 10 March 2011
IDFC no longer a fund of funds

IDFC has pulled out of the private equity fund of funds business, which it entered in September 2009 under IDFC Capital. The Singapore-based FoF venture, which was headed by former ADB private equity head, Veronica John, reportedly failed to raise any...

  • South Asia
  • 09 March 2011
Bain, GIC assist in Hero Honda buyout

Months after negotiations began between Japan’s Honda Group and India’s Hero Group to enact a strategy for Honda to exit the Hero Honda JV, Hero Group has officially bought out Honda’s 26% stake in the company, with private equity players Bain Capital...

  • South Asia
  • 09 March 2011
The changing face of Indian private equity

What's happening in Indian private equity? The past few months have seen tremendous changes in India’s PE industry as local professionals move around in a happy merry-go-round of new and old faces. Some industry watchers say these changes and movements...

  • South Asia
  • 09 March 2011
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NSR, IL&FS telco tower operators to merge

Private equity firm New Silk Route's (NSR) investee Ascend Telecom Infrastructure will merge its telecommunications tower business with India Telecom Infra Ltd. (ITIL) – which is 50%-owned by industry peer IL&FS – in an effort to shore up their resources...

  • South Asia
  • 09 March 2011
BOAML exec to join PE firm - reports

The head of Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's Capital in India, Saurabh Sonthalia, has reportedly departed the group to join an unnamed private equity firm, according to Reuters.

  • South Asia
  • 07 March 2011
Canaan appoints MD in India

Global VC firm Canaan Partners has appointed Rahul Khanna as Managing Director of Canaan India, charged with overseeing early-stage investments spanning across India’s consumer internet, mobile, software and managed services sectors.

  • South Asia
  • 07 March 2011
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