IDFC Alternatives
We downgrade IDFC to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’ with a fair value of R143 a share. We are not pricing in a blue-sky scenario as of now. IDFC is trading at 1.3x FY16e adjusted book value and we expect it to generate 13 percent return over the next 10 years in the base case (target multiple [...] Continue Reading »
There is a renewed interest in the infrastructure sector. Piramal Enterprises committed $1 billion in a tie-up with the Dutch pension fund APG Asset Management last month for the investment in the infrastructure sector. Now, three home-grown private fund managers – IL&FS, L&T Infrastructure Finance and IDFC Alternatives - are gearing up to raise $2.5 billion over the next six to eight [...] Continue Reading »
The Blackstone Group L.P. is an American multinational private equity, investment banking, alternative asset management and financial services corporation based in New York City. Now this company is in separate talks with IDFC Alternatives Ltd and Paranjape Schemes (Construction) Ltd to buy two phases in the BlueRidge special economic zone (SEZ) in Pune’s Hinjewadi area. [...] Continue Reading »
Infrastructure sector is likely to be affected by the RBI decision to award the IDFC a full-fledged banking license, as it has been facing a slowdown already and the company was a leading an integrated infrastructure finance player ,as told by the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI chairperson [...] Continue Reading »
IDFC Real Estate Yield Fund has raised Rs 750 crore from domestic investors in ten weeks. This fund is a focused debt fund with a medium term horizon and has already committed Rs 123 crore across two residential projects in Pune and Bangalore. The fund is targeting residential projects which are under development across the [...] Continue Reading »
IDFC Alternatives raised its first fund of Rs. 750 crore focused on residential sector in India. IDFC Alternatives is a wholly owned subsidiary of IDFC Ltd. The fund is called IDFC Real Estate Yield Fund and will invest Rs 60-80 crore and will target gross returns of 22%. It is a four year close-ended private [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Chetan Dave, head of IDFC Alternatives real estate investment team, has resigned from his post due to mismatch of interests between him and the rest of the management, as said by sources. Dave had joined IDFC Alternatives in June 2010. His position is expected to be taken up by Satish Mandhana, currently managing partner [...] Continue Reading »
