Private Equity
Developers have been fast in catching the changing market sentiment that is going to look positive after several quarters of negative outlook. While the home buyers are still showing much caution and staying away from the enquiry counter. The developers have been finding another route to get the unsold inventory that has been absorbed. The [...] Continue Reading »
Since the market sentiment has improved in the real estate, many property funds are exiting out of the existing investments after mopping up a handsome return. HDFC Property Fund, backed by Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd, plans to exit four of its investments made from its offshore fund portfolio by the end of this year [...] Continue Reading »
$ 80 million (about Rs 468 crore) was invested by a private equity (PE) fund owned by Tata Capital, in South India-focussed realty firm, Shriram Properties. Tata Opportunities Fund Managing Partner Padmanabh Sinha stated that the company believes that the residential real estate market, particularly mid-market housing, should see high growth. Due to increasing urbanisation, changing demographics [...] Continue Reading »
The Modinomics has spread a positive vibe post the budget session and the ripples are to be seen everywhere. Embassy Office Parks, a joint venture between private equity firm Blackstone Group and office space developer Embassy Group, is in advanced talks to acquire three large IT parks spread over two million square feet each in [...] 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 »
Kotak Realty Fund, a part of the Kotak Mahindra Group, has made the first investment from its newly raised $392 million offshore fund in a residential project in Mumbai. Kotak has invested Rs.300 crore in Mumbai-based real estate firm Nirmal Group’s project in suburban Mulund. The investment has been done through the structured finance route. [...] Continue Reading »
According to the founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation and former senior managing director at Chris Capital Ashish Dhawan, there is a high possibility that India is going to see higher private equity interest in the near future along with a few changes in the sentiments and lessening in vital and valuable opportunities in [...] 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 »
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 »
