“India to lag in outbound M&A action”
In an article for Business Today, HBR Senior Editor Anand P. Raman says companies from China, Brazil, and Russia – which are cash-rich and less leveraged than Indian companies –…
Profile of L&T’s strategic investments
What’s common to Kalindee Rail Nirman, Astra Microwave and City Union Bank? Answer: They have a common strategic investor: engineering conglomerate L&T. Extract from the Business Today article on L&T’s…
Five faultlines in education
Extract from the speech of Manish Sabharwal, Chairman of TeamLease, at a discussion organized by Businessworld, There are basically five faultlines in education but the interesting part is that these…
Vinod Khosla ramps up bet on cleantech
bloggingbuyouts has an article on Vinod Khosla’s two newly raised cleantech funds. While other VCs have frowned on so-called science experiment investments that explored unproven and technically difficult technologies, Khosla…
China vs. India in Africa
Forbes India recently had a cover story on the race by Indian and Chinese companies to set up a foothold in the Dark Continent. The package includes interview with executives…
Interview with IDFC PE’s Luis Miranda
Outlook Profit has an interview with IDFC PE CEO Luis Miranda on recent trends in the PE space. On Increased Due Diligence in the new environment…We had made an investment…
Deal Alert: Sutures India to raise Rs. 35-Cr from Evolvence India Life Sciences Fund
Evolvence India Life Sciences Fund (EILSF) has committed to invest upto Rs. 35 crore in Sutures India, a Bangalore-based company specializing in the manufacture of surgical consumables. Sutures India manufactures…
Set up for a steep fall?
Writing in the Business Standard, Akash Prakash of Amansa Capital points out why, despite the seemingly unbreakable positive run the Indian stock markets have had so far this year, a…
Speciality Healthcare models take off
Businessworld has a cover story on the rise of specialty hospital chains – most of them Private Equity-backed including eyecare-focused Vasan Healthcare, urology-focused RG Stone and cancer-focused HCG – and…
The Bull and Bear Cases
Two CNBC TV18 guests – Jim Walker of Asianomics and Adrian Mowat of JPMorgan – present contrasting views on the medium-term outlook for the stock markets. Jim Walker feels while…