PE investments down 14.7% to $8.9 B in 2012
Private Equity firms invested $8,853 million over 406 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2012, compared to the $10,378 million across 483 deals during the previous year,…
Rahul Bhasin on GAAR
The proposed General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) in the Indian budget are a short-sighted move that will impact foreign capital flows – including private equity – into the country, says Rahul…
Deal Alert: RVCF acquires 11% in cardiac care hospital Frontier Lifeline
From the Press Release: Jaipur-based Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund (RVCF) has acquired 11% equity stake in Chennai based cardiac care hospital Frontier Lifeline Private Limited for an undisclosed amount. RVCF…
Deal Alert: TA Associates investments in online payment firm BillDesk
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has acquired a minority stake in BillDesk,India’s largest online payment services company.…
Drying up of mega deals drives PE investments to below $2-B in Q1’12
Secondary transactions rise as global PE firms buy out stakes of earlier investors Private Equity firms invested about $1,886 million across 90 deals during the quarter ended March 2012, according…
“2012 to be poor for exits, good for investments”
In an interview published in The Mint (in text and video formats), Vikram Utamsingh, Partner – Transactions and Restructuring & Private Equity Advisory, KPMG India, says that while the exit…
PE firms invest $2.25-B in Q3’11
PE Investments in first 9 months of 2011 surpasses entire of 2010 as deal sizes grow significantlyPrivate Equity firms invested about $2,249 million across 98 deals during the quarter ended…
“Who’s Afraid Of Private Equity?”
Extract from an article by Haigreve Khaitan of corporate law firm Khaitan & Co. in The Economic Times. Promoters may be able to assess investors’ intentions from the manner of…
SEBI Alternative Investment Fund Regulation 2011 – The Basiz Perspective
The following is a note on the SEBI – Alternative Investment Fund Regulation 2011 (AIF) prepared by A V Seshadrinathan (“Sesh”), MD of leading fund accounting KPO Basiz. An Accounting…
Interview with KKR ‘s Sanjay Nayyar on mezz funding
Extracts from the Economic Times interview As firms like Everstone and Goldman Sachs, or Apollo and ICICI get more active, we will see the growth of a mezzanine market. We…