Low delinquency rates, huge demand attract investors to the unique gold financing sector.
A quarterly study of PE investment activity based on data provided by Venture Intelligence, such funds in the third quarter of this year totalled $3.01 billion through 103 deals, according to the PwC MoneyTree India report.
The textbooks themselves have not been finalised by the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC), he said.
'In the next 15-20 years, India will have at least 50 new (AI-driven) billion-dollar companies that are going to solve problems for the largest companies around the world.'
Corporate India is likely to witness a surge in private equity deals by the last quarter of current fiscal as inflation is likely to cool down and bulls are expected to be back in the stock market, as per PE deal tracker firm Venture Intelligence.
Private-equity funds made an average annual return of just 7 per cent between January 2007 and December 2013 while the Sensex was up 11 per cent.
Voltas saw strong growth in both UCP (Unitary Cooling product) and EMPS (electro mechanical projects) segments.
According to Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on private company transactions, PE firms invested $8,853 million this year, compared to the $10,378 million across 483 deals a year ago.
Most Amdavadis that Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore met were unaware of Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's outreach programme that kick-starts on Wednesday.
Mortgage finance remains a structural growth opportunity in India with a policy focus on affordable housing, housing shortages, low mortgage penetration, and rising incomes as drivers. Affordable Housing Finance Companies (AHFCs) serve the mass market, low-income segments, which is the least-serviced category, and to operate in this segment, the mortgage provider needs good assessment skills. AHFCs and HFCs have also been increasing exposure in other mortgage segments (loan against property, developer loans among others).
A colourful crochet blanket made by over 4,000 diaspora women was on Saturday presented to Prime Minister Modi on the final day of his maiden UK visit under a 'Chai pe Crochet' initiative.
Grant Thornton reports says total value of deals in 2013 crosses $8 bn, up 34% from the year-ago period, momentum likely to continue
Falling equity markets have trapped major private equity investors such as Warburg Pincus, Blackstone Group, Carlyle, Apax Partners, Chrys Capital and Citigroup.
Interacting with students, parents and teachers during his annual 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' programme, the prime minister suggested that students should compete with themselves and not others and parents should never sow the seeds of competition and rivalry between siblings.
'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.' 'The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.'
The year saw 30 QIP deals raising over $5 billion and 35 IPOs.
Information technology, financials, industrials, consumer discretionary and utilities were the top five sectors to attract significant private equity capital during the quarter.
'Investors need to be stock specific and should not rush to buy stocks at the current levels.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Some of the fintechs that will get impacted include Cred, Paytm, Phonepe and Amazon Pay, among others.
Shikhar Dhawan has acknowledged he's in a transitional phase, nearing a new chapter in his life.
Sonia also described the mention of Emergency by the PM, the Lok Sabha Speaker as an attempt to divert attention from the "assault on the Constitution".
Was Ram Rahim's release on parole for the 10th time since his conviction in 2017 timed to coincide with the Haryana assembly elections? It does seem so when one considers he has been released mostly when there was an election in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Listing the times that Ram Rahim has been out on parole.
In terms of the number of deals, there has been a decline of 13 per cent
Although West Asian investors have been active in India for long using private banks such as UBS, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley that invested across emerging markets, post-9/11, the US has been falling out of favour as investors count the risk that assets in the country could be targeted over security concerns.
Mahanagar Gas (MGL) has just hiked prices for compressed natural gas (CNG) and domestic piped natural gas (PNG) in the Mumbai Metro Area. The distributor raised prices by Rs 1.50 per kilogramme (kg) for CNG, bringing the price up to Rs 75 per kg, including taxes. Domestic PNG prices were hiked from Rs 1 per standard cubic meter (SCM) to Rs 48 per SCM, inclusive of taxes.
The issue has gained importance as a working group of International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has been set up to study the impact of private equity funds on emerging markets.
Several members of the Indian community gathered at the Times Square in New York to hold discussions about the upcoming Bihar elections and voice their expectations from a future government over improving the economic and employment scenario in the state.
Maharashtra MLAs were in New Delhi for a training programme in legislative procedure and Sharad Pawar -- the senior-most politician from the state -- hosted a dinner for the visitors at his bungalow in the national capital on Tuesday evening.
Private equity deal activities in the first quarter of 2013 fell by 39 per cent to $1.29 billion, amid a sluggish global and domestic economic environment, says a report.
'India has a lot of potential, not just in commercial aspects, but also in hiring of people and sourcing of products.'
Overall market reaction to the Budget was neutral. Investors absorbed the changes to the tax rates (positive for salaried class) and capital gains taxes (CGTs, negative due to the removal of indexation and increases. Other proposals largely pertain to supporting rural development, buybacks taxed as dividends, Custom duty changes that impact multiple sectors, higher outlays for clean energy, etc. There's some moderation in the growth of capex outlay across defence, fer
'Mayawatiji no more controls the bahujan vote in UP.' 'In this election more than 40 per cent of the BSP's core voters blessed the SP without the SP even asking for it.'
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India are expected to stay buoyant, seen over the last three-four years, despite a slowdown in the first seven months of the calendar year. "M&A is a lumpy business activity, and we may suddenly see large deals taking place during the next two quarters of the calendar year. "This would help maintain the streak of strong M&A activity.
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Maurya's remarks assume significance as they came barely a couple of weeks after his statement that the party organisation will always be bigger than the government caused a flutter.
Eleven companies have launched their initial public offerings (IPOs) in December 2023, making this month the second-best December for public offerings since 1996. Collectively, they are raising Rs 8,182.7 crore this month. In December 2021, 11 companies raised Rs 9,534 crore. However, excluding December 2021, this month marks the best December for IPOs since 1996.
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The decline in the quantum of PE investment in realty sector was due to to less number of deals (13 in H1 2013) as the average ticket size of deals remained same. In first half of 2012, there were 19 PE deals.
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) with a lock-in period performed better than the ones that allow investors to withdraw capital at any time. Close-ended schemes had a median return of 5.62 per cent in December, according to data from industry tracker PMSBazaar. The median returns for open-ended schemes were 3.91 per cent
