Private equity investments
The private equity (PE) investments in Indian companies have doubled during January-September 2014. The PE investments in India have shown a 109.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth during the period between January and September 2014, touching $4.58 billion. Among the companies that followed the PE trend, the online firms have been on the top, accounting for more [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
After it was established that a stable government would come to power, real estate experts opined that private equity investment in Delhi-NCR is expected to rise by as much as 50%. Although the real estate investment climate has remained dim for a long time, it’s expected that this scenario will change drastically post-election. Officiating president [...] Continue Reading »
The imminent formation of a stable new Government at the Centre has led to speculations that the Private Equity (PE) investment in the Delhi-NCR real estate market will witness a rise in the near future. In the opinion of realty sector experts, a stable Central Government will lead to an approximately 50 percent increase in [...] Continue Reading »
The GMR Infrastructure has got the permission from its share holders to raise Rs 2,500 crore through different methods. This will be helpful to reduce the debt which is currently Rs 4,500 and also useful for another project in Chhattisgarh. The company also increased its share value from Rs 750 to Rs 1,950 to make [...] Continue Reading »
Pragnya Advisors Pvt. Ltd has invested around Rs 27.5 crore in Bangalore in a Habitat Ventures project and another $5 million in an office space development in Colombo, Srilanka. Pragnya has two real estate-focused funds. The first fund of $40 million was distributed across seven transactions and money from the $50-million second fund is being [...] Continue Reading »
Motilal Oswal Private Equity, an India-focused risk capital firm, is raising a Rs 500-crore real estate fund that will invest primarily in residential projects. This comes at a crucial time as private equity investments in the Indian real estate market have sharply dipped in the first three quarters of 2012. As per sources, the new [...] Continue Reading »
Property advisory firm Cushman & Wakefield says that private equity investments in the Indian real estate sector have seen a drop of 15 per cent in the first three quarters of calendar year 2012, compared to a year ago. FY2012 has so far witnessed investments of around Rs 3,500 crore across residential and commercial property [...] Continue Reading »
