Speaker Lineup for APEX ’09 Summit & Awards
We are delighted to announce a stellar list of speakers for APEX ’09, the Indian Private Equity Summit, scheduled for February 4 at Mumbai. The Annual Summit brings together the…
“Bullish on Emerging Markets Real Estate”
Knowledge@Wharton has an interview with Gary Garrabrant, CEO of Equity International, an investor in non-US real estate-related companies. K@W: You referred to India, and of course this is as current…
The race to pipe gas
Outlook Business has a cover story on how the discovery of new sources of natural gas will have a profound impact on the energy economy of India by 2012 and…
Speedbreakers for Tollroads?
Business Today has an article describing the resistance – both from political parties and users – for a newly introduced toll road on the outskirts of Bangalore. The toll collection…
“Liberalising preferential allotments will encourage PE investments”
In an interview to Business Standard, Rajeev Gupta, Managing Director of Carlyle India, explains the bottlenecks in doing preferential allotments in the current environment. What is stopping the firms from…
“Media sector is set for consolidation “
Outlook Business has an interview withPuneet Goenka, CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprise. I don’t expect anybody to fold up, but consolidation will definitely happen. Some may band together, while others…
Whither Sovereign Wealth Funds?
They have gone from being feared to (almost) felt sorry for in a very quick span. Now, Outlook Business has an article examining how SWFs are likely to behave going…
How HCL outsmarted Infosys on the Axon acquisition
In an interview to Outlook Business, Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL, explains how his company managed to snag Axon at a price lower than what rival Infosys had originally bid…
Global M&A Activity to Recover in Second Half: KPMG Survey
From the latest KPMG M&A Predictor forecast: KPMG Corporate Finance’s Global M&A Predictor forecasts that 2009 will see a continued fall in global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) but that deal…
Fund News: NYLIM India closes $440-M Third Fund
From the Press Release: Jacob Ballas Capital has announced the closure of its third India-dedicated private equity fund at $440 million The latest fund, NYLIM Jacob Ballas India Fund III,…