Author: Arun

Businessworld has a cover story on the functioning (or the lack thereof) of Indian commodities markets. The government, for its part, has erected artificial barriers such as hedging limits through…

Businessworld has a cover story on the issue. What India Inc. seems to agree on is that the most retrograde aspect of the law is its view on mergers and…

The New Yorker has a lengthy profile of Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman and chief executive of the Blackstone Group. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence,…

Here are the takes of two market observers on the pulling of the Wockhardt Hospitals and Emaar-MGF IPOs this week. Arun Uday of HSBC PE points to the role of…

Extracts from Knowledge@Wharton synopsis of the Carlye Group founder’s recent speech. According to Rubenstein, the 1970s and 1980s were the “Bronze Age” of private equity, when early buyout deals emerged,…

Extracts from BusinessWeek’s article on the favorite business/market topic these days: Sovereign Funds The fund managers insist that Western businessmen and politicians have nothing to fear. Al Sa’ad ticks off…

Sequoia Capital India, UTI Ventures and ChrysCapital emerged as the leading Private Equity/Venture Capital firms in various categories at the Second Edition of the Venture Intelligence APEX Awards. While ChrysCapital…

In an interview on the global auto industry to Knowledge@Wharton, Wharton management professors John Paul MacDuffie and Mauro Guillen, have struck quite a pessimistic note on how “big big” Tata…

Businessworld has featured an article by Rashesh Shah, CEO of investment bank Edelweiss Capital on his predictions for 2008. A tale of two currencies: the dollar and the rupee. From…

The following companies are seeking capital for starting-up / expanding their operations: 08-01-09-1: Chennai-based start-up seeks