Broadcasting higher losses
Businessworld has an analysis of the rising losses at TV broadcasting firms. NDTV’s results too are nothing to write home about, but analysts have noted that the company has trimmed…
Deal Alert: Online classifieds firm Quikr raises Rs. 20-Cr second round funding
Edited excerpts from the Press Release Quikr India, the online classifieds site, has raised a Rs. 20 crore second round of funding in led by new investor Omidyar Network and…
Halcyon Group launches forum to assist cos. facing difficult times
Investment management firm Halcyon Resources & Management has catalysed the launch of the Halcyon Forum comprising of eminent individuals from banking, manufacturing, capital markets and services sectors, to provide advice…
3-day Certificate Course in Private Equity Management
August 11, 12 & 13, 2009 in Delhi.The modules of this course have been specifically designed to offer participants an overview and a broad understanding of the different milestones and…
Deal Alert: Anup Shah Law Firm merges with AZB Partners
Bangalore, KA-based Anup S. Shah Law Firm, which has offices in Hyderabad and Chennai also, is to merge with AZB & Partners, Venture Intelligence has learnt. Anup Shah will bring…
Trends in Corporate Farming
Businessworld has an article on the progress (or the lack of it) of the agri-initiatives of various corporate houses. Take Jain Irrigation, which derives Rs 300 crore of its revenues…
Why NREGS is good for the markets
In a column for Business Standard, Akash Prakash of Amansa Capital, feels the rising fiscal deficit – one of the catalysts for which will be more and more schemes that…
Time to rethink GP compensation?
“Super LP” Chris Douvos has proposed a new fee formula for Private Equity funds. Currently, LPs worry that the carry system grants GPs a free option in times of frothy…
“PE investors rolling up sleeves at portfolio cos.”
Business Today has an article on how PE firms are becoming more hands on with their portfolio companies in the face of the economic downturn. Private equity by nature is—or…
The TMB Community Bank Saga Drags On
Forbes India has an article on how the investor group led by former Pepsi India head Ramesh Vangal is the latest one to struggle to gain control of the Tamil…