Private equity (PE) firms
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 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 »
With the ending of the quarter this March, it was noticed that a large amount of money had been spent into the real estate sector of our country. Indeed huge chunks of cash have flowed into the sector with the help of private equity routes over the last couple of months. This event couldn’t have [...] 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 »
Many private equity (PE) funds like CX Partners, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, IVFA, Everstone and Exponentia Capital are trying to raise at least $3 billion (Rs. 17,700 crore) in the next 12 months. In interviews with media the spokespersons of these companies stated that post the formation of the new government the market sentiments have changed. [...] Continue Reading »
Private equity investors have invested Rs 2,800 crore in property in the first quarter of 2014, says a report published by the real estate advisory firm Cushman and Wakefield. This investment is nearly 2.5 times that invested last year. This first-quarter investment in realty is the highest recorded since the second quarter of 2009. This [...] Continue Reading »
Analysts say that interest of overseas funds in the Indian real estate sector is intact but the approach has changed. The investors have turned their focus on specific project. About $2 billion private equity had come into the real estate sector in the past two years and funds were keen to make investments after considering [...] Continue Reading »
Private equity (PE) firm Red Fort Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd will reportedly invest around Rs. 200 crore in residential projects of Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. Red Fort Capital, which has about $1 billion of assets under management in India, has already invested nearly Rs. 400 crore in multiple office space development and residential projects of [...] Continue Reading »
According to the study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on PE and merger and acquisition activity in India, Private equity (PE) firms had invested about USD 1.84 billion during the quarter ended June 2012. The investment amount was 34 percent less than USD 2.79 billion invested in the same period last year. Further, [...] Continue Reading »
Shriram Properties, a Bangalore-based realty player, is in talks with private equity (PE) firms to expand its land bank. The firm has planned to raise funds of Rs 700-800 crore through private equity. It is in talks with several PE firms including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and few other mid-sized PE firms. Shriram Properties has [...] Continue Reading »
