Warburg Pincus, a US-based private equity firm, has put in the highest bid worth Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) for ICICI Bank shares.
According to a strategist at a leading foreign brokerage, the inflows into India can be sourced to a host of India dedicated funds and some global funds.
The Rs 6,130-crore (Rs 61.3 billion) Suzlon will buy out Areva's stake in REpower, a year down the line, at a valuation to be decided on by an independent team.
At 14,570, the Sensex might be close to a new high, but not all stocks have contributed to the rally.
Despite having been in India for about 15 years and owning channels like MTV ,VHI and Nickelodeon, Viacom (CY2006 revenues $11.5bn) hasn't had much success. It's now joining hands with the TV18 group, a strong player in the news genre.
For a company that started in 1983 with just five people and five products, it's no mean achievement that Sun Pharma today commands the largest market capitalisation of Rs 21,271 crore (Rs 212.71 billion) in the pharma universe.
The Rahejas and Star TV are together selling 15 per cent in cable network operator Hathway Cable to private equity firm ChrysCapital.
According to a Thomson Financial research, no Indian investment bank figures in the top ten list of the M&A deals that was struck this year, which was topped by UBS.
Shareholders of the world's fourth largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Bajaj Auto, have long hoped that some of the cash on the company's balance sheet would be returned to them in some form.
UK-headquartered Standard Chartered Bank is set to become the third foreign player to enter the Indian retail stock brokerage business by buying a 49 per cent stake in UTI Securities for Rs 140-150 crore.
The stage is all set for a battle among stock exchanges for setting up separate exchanges for small and medium enterprises as they top bourses.
Citigroup's private equity arm Citigroup Venture Capital International, Baring Private Equity, TPG and 3i are the front-runners to acquire an equity stake in Sharekhan, the retail brokerage arm of the Mumbai-based SSKI group.
How domestic financial players are re-inventing themselves to get a larger share of the pie.
The Bombay Stock Exchange, Asia's oldest stock exchange, plans to launch a separate trading platform for small and medium enterprises. Sources close to the development said the BSE was preparing a strategy for an SME exchange.
There's talk that the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is eyeing a minority stake in the carrier. It's also possible that private equity players like Texas Pacific Group may want a slice of the low-cost carrier's equity.
Oman's largest bank BankMuscat, which recently picked up 43 per cent stake in the domestic brokerage house Mangal Keshav Group
Rural retailers are finding that helping farmers earn more helps them create a customer base.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is expected to shortly release a circular asking mutual fund houses not to park more than 15 per cent of their corpus as bank deposits at any point of time.
The hotel chain intends to have a worldwide presence and reduce its dependence on the home market.
In its filing dated March 29, the company has said that its ability to develop the land reserves and generate the estimated developable area are subject to a number of risks such as defective title to the lands which could be legally challenged.
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