PE investment
In the first six months of 2014 the private equity (PE) investments in the real estate sector jumped over two-fold to Rs 4,100 crore. It is expected that about Rs 7,900 crore will be raised in the second half. So in total it is likely to cross Rs 12,000 crore by the end of the year. The [...] Continue Reading »
Actis which is a PE (Private Equity) firm invests aggressively in emerging markets. It is one of the few funds which has invested a lot in India. However they have made a number of attractive exits in the last 10 years when the profit margins went low. Actis South Asia head JM Trivedi believes that India [...] Continue Reading »
According to international property consultants the cost of debt funding has been rising. Recently it is found that over 80 percent of all available capital for real estate is being plugged into mid-income housing. However, both affordable and luxury housing projects in India seem to have not attracted investments. Analysts believe that global players are [...] Continue Reading »
Over the last one year investment in Indian real estate is less in terms of amount and numbers. The scenario is directly correlated to the economic dynamics now working in the country. According to Private equity funds, only three cities Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore have the potential to deliver, and they is why close to [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity firm of Anand Rathi Financial Services and Knight Frank India are planning to raise Rs 500 crore for the real estate industry in India. The two organizations planned to raise the funds from the internal domestic market. They are not going to the foreign investors for the fund raising program. The organization [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity fund ASK Property Investment planned to raise $ 250 -300 million fund for investing into real estate in India. The company has already set up the fund raising program for $ 40 million from its Singapore subsidiary. ASK property is constantly looking for investment opportunities in the domestic real estate markets. They [...] Continue Reading »
Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance has decided to raise funds for investment into real estate home loan. The group will raise Rs 2700 crore in this financial year 2012-13. The company would raise the funds through non-convertible debentures and by refinancing from National Housing Bank. Sundaram home loan also set a target to disburse home [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate in India will not be able to attract more international funds because of its recent market scenario. Hence, the cost of borrowing from overseas would get expensive. The International Funding for ECB, FCCB will also get affected which will ultimately affect Indian GDP. The International Funds would restrict themselves from investing aggressively [...] Continue Reading »
Many realty-focused funds started to close the investment deals before starting the fund raising program. There are many firms who was locked deals before they set out to raise funds. Most of the real estate focussed private equity funds have seen a paradigm shift in terms of fundraising. Nearly all of them are now locking [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity wing of the investment firm Xander Inc has invested $40 million in a pre-leased IT Park on Chennai. The project will be constructed by the Appaswamy Real Estates Ltd (AREL), a Chennai based developer. The PE firm will hold 100 percent equity stake of the project. The project will be developed in [...] Continue Reading »
