Religare, promoted by billionaire brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh, was in talks with Piramal for six to eight months to buy nearly 80 per cent in Indiareit for around Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).
Newly weds Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal looked lovely at their second Mumbai reception.
Religare Enterprises, the financial services group promoted by Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh, was in advance talks with the Ajay Piramal group to buy a 60 per cent stake in the latter's private equity and fund management venture, Indiareit Fund Advisors, for Rs 175 crore, said an executive close to the development.
Piramal Realty received equity funding from Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs in July.
Piramal-led company had announced the purchase of a 5.5 per cent stake in Vodafone Essar for $640 million.
Pays $640 million, may exit when Vodafone lists its India operations.
Nandini Piramal, heir apparent to the Piramal business empire as the elder child of Ajay Piramal and Swati Piramal, became the executive director of Piramal Healthcare in April this year. A 29-year-old graduate from Hertford College of Oxford University, with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, she joined the firm in 2006 as a General Manager and has been closely associated with the company's overseas subsidiaries in the US and Canada.
CPPIB is looking to partner with RMZ because the latter is aggressive on both new developments and acquisitions.
Under the banner of the CII, domestic drug majors have approached Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi for being allowed to present their views on the new pharmaceutical policy, scheduled to be discussed by the Union Cabinet on Thursday.
Traders' body CAIT on Wednesday wrote to Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani and 50 other captains of India Inc, including Ratan Tata, Azim Premji, Gautam Adani, Ajay Piramal, Anand Mahindra and Sunil Bharti Mittal seeking their support in its campaign to boycott Chinese goods. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) also urged Kumar Mangalam Birla, Vikram Kirloskar, Rahul Bajaj, Shiv Nadar, Pallonji Mistry, Uday Kotak, Nusli Wadia, Shashi Ruia, Madhukar Parekh, Harsh Mariwala, Satish Reddy and Pankaj Patel, among other prominent industrialists, to join its 'Bhartiya Samaan-Humaara Abhimaan' campaign.
Nicholas Piramal India, a dominant player in the domestic pharmaceutical industry, appears to be unfazed by the anticipated consequences of the product patent regime that comes into play from January 2005.
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Office rentals in Mumbai are going over the top indeed. Even suburban localities like Goregaon have seen rentals going up by more than 100 per cent, from Rs 75 a sq ft last year to Rs 175 this year.
'And the top 10 per cent will grow because they have to serve the market.'
Nicholas Piramal India Ltd has bought out the balance 50 per cent stake in Sarabhai Piramal Pharmaceuticals Ltd from Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises (ASE) for Rs 69.3 crore (Rs 693 million) in an all cash deal to consolidate its presence in pharmaceutic
'The better developers are seeing good demand (for their housing projects). There are consumers who are buying houses.'
There may be a one-on-one meeting between Fadnavis and Netanyahu, after which the chief minister will host a lunch for the Israeli premier and his delegation.
In one of the largest FDI deals in realty sector, global private equity Warburg Pincus will invest Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion) in Piramal Realty, which would use the funds to develop mixed-use projects in the megalopolis.
Partnership between Israel and India is doing wonders, the visiting prime minister tells business leaders.
Modi's demonetisation move has hit the real estate market in Delhi and Mumbai
When the third round of bids was opened, Oaktree's offer was the highest, but with several riders. While Piramal offered higher upfront cash and offered to merge its financial business with DHFL, Adani was ranked third in the race, reports Dev Chatterjee.
Business leaders, among others, ask govt to let go of fiscal target, seek stimulus, and direct cash transfer.
'One of the ways to do that is to ensure that NBFCs have got liquidity.' 'If we don't do that, this mood of gloom will continue.' NBFCs need to be provided with liquidity if they have to start lending.
The company will spend Rs 10,141 crore to buy 15.5 per cent stake from minority investors.
Piramal Fund Management has emerged as the largest lender to real estate developers at a time when the sector is facing severe slowdown.
Mumbai is witnessing some big-ticket investments in bungalows by the city's billionaires.