PE firms
Bangalore- Private Equity exits have significantly decreased as compared to last year, as the liquidity in the market is limited and several PE firms have been waiting for better returns. Real estate in India has witnessed around $288 million of PE fund exits in 2012 while it had seen the exits of around $457.32 million [...] Continue Reading »
Indian real estate is going through a slowdown amid stagnating sales and facing funding issues with foreign investors. Private equity firms focussing on real estate are facing difficulty to raise funds through foreign high net-worth individuals (HNIs) and institutions. According to experts, both international and national PE firms are not able to close funds if [...] Continue Reading »
Sean Tompkins, global chief executive officer of UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said that the foreign investors are thinking twice before investing in the Indian real estate market because it fails to meet the global standards. Between 2006 and 2009 the Indian realty had witnessed around $20 billion in investment of which [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Nitesh Estates Ltd is planning to raise Rs.400 crore from private equity (PE) firms, for developing residential projects. Nitesh Housing Developers, which is a subsidiary of the company will be raising the big fund. The developer has been planning to launch five new projects of which, two will be luxury residential projects while the [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate projects in all Tier II and III cities are attracting more PE investors to invest in realty projects in India. With the fund flow from the PE firms, the realty markets in smaller cities are growing much faster. Earlier, the PE firms were keen on investment in top metros in India, but now [...] Continue Reading »
Private equity (PE) funds have become conscious regarding the investment into real estate in India. Now a days, the PE firms are showing less interest in investing in start up projects, since most of the earlier investments have not shown the expected appreciation so far. Moreover, the project delays also worries the PE investors. $359 [...] Continue Reading »
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) planned to formulate new Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) Regulations. The new regulation may not allow PE funds to accept less than Rs 1 crore investment from an investor. According to real estate market experts, with this regulation many small PE funds will be affected. It is analyzed a [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate-focused private equity (PE) firm ASK Property Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd has planned to invest Rs 100 crore in the redevelopment project in Mumbai By the Godrej Properties. The ASK group has taken 49% stake of the project. the redevelopment projects are considered as a difficult way of construction. The other PE transaction [...] Continue Reading »
