Private equity funds
In what can be termed as good news for the Indian real estate sector, Milestone Capital advisors, a well known private equity fund that invests in realty projects has managed to raise nearly Rs. 170 crore for its structured debt fund. Milestone Capital advisors plan to raise a total of Rs. 500 crore in the [...] Continue Reading »
The data published by property consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield brought some cheer to the real estate market in Bangalore. The real estate market in Bangalore attracted the maximum private equity (PE) investment in the country in the first half of 2014. The IT Capital Bangalore outperformed the national capital Delhi as well as the [...] Continue Reading »
The market sentiments have changed post the Modinomics wave and the Private equity (PE) firms are using this buoyant market sentiment to exit their old investments via public market sales route. Over nine-fold returns were made by Carlyle Group when it made a full exit from Repco Home Finance, a housing finance company based in Chennai. [...] Continue Reading »
The improvement in the business sentiment private equity (PE) funds are hopefully going to get more investments from the domestic ultra high net worth individuals (UHNIs) who have increasingly been shifting their allocation to the riskier asset classes. Most of all these investments will be in the PEs that has been focusing on sectors like [...] Continue Reading »
The cash less real estate sector which has been facing problem to raise funds for the past couple of years have started to remove the fresh investor interest. The Private equity (PE) investment in the sector is being expected to be the Rs 10,000-15,000 crore in FY15. Interest in the realty sector had dropped significantly [...] Continue Reading »
Modi’s housing for all agenda had a positive impact on the residential realty segment and everyone is bee lining towards that sector. Blackstone the US private equity (PE) firm, one of the largest investors in commercial properties, is set to step up presence in the residential segment. The PE giant has resolved to invest about Rs 1,000 [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity (PE) firms are looking at exiting out of the real estate companies due to the slowdown in the economy and the slump in the Indian property market. When they exited their investments, many made a handsome profit too. According to a recent report by Brookfield Financial, until March 2014, nearly a fifth, [...] Continue Reading »
The government is working towards finalising the rules for governing real estate investment trusts (REITs) which will allow the Private Equity investors to quit at a favourable time without much hassles. This move has inspired the foreign private equity funds and pension funds are among investors that over the last 12 months have committed to [...] Continue Reading »
Contrary to popular perception, especially when the real estate market is showing clear signs of sluggishness, private equity (PE) funds have been exiting their investments and making good returns. A recent report by Brookfield Financials revealed that, until March 2014, nearly a fifth of the total institutional private equity was exited by PE funds. Principal [...] Continue Reading »
Azure Capital, a private equity name in the market manages India Realty Fund-I ( IRF-I), and the private player now has announced profit distribution for the second time, which it has earned by scope of Fund May 18, says a source. Fund May 18 has five percent of its income distributed too, this would be [...] Continue Reading »
