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Global realty service player Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) recently got green signal from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch its first residential focused fund in India. JLL aims to raise $57 million through the fund. JLL got the approval under a new class of pooled-in investment – Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). The [...] Continue Reading »
The Sahara Group seems to have taken the hit from the apex court. The Supreme Court has directed Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd and the Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd — to refund over Rs 24,400 crore collected from 2.21 crore depositors through an instrument known as optional fully convertible debentures. The Bench has [...] Continue Reading »
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said that the market watchdog, SEBI, should categorize housing finance companies (HFCs) as a separate sector from Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to attract more fund flows. It suggested SEBI not to club HFCs with NBFCs for the purposes of sectoral limits proposed for investments by [...] Continue Reading »
According to a white paper issued by Jones Lang LaSalle India, a global real estate services firm, the Indian real estate has witnessed around Rs 14,720 crore of private equity (PE) investor walk outs in the last four years. 74% of the total exits were attributed to foreign funds, says the report. The average ticket [...] Continue Reading »
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) told the Supreme Court that the Sahara firm had no right to mobilise Rs.27,000 crore from 30 million investors through debentures without adhering to the regulatory regime. The firm raised money without complying with the regulatory regime of the stock market and listing on the bourses, said [...] Continue Reading »
It is recorded that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) fell 3.5% in March-2012. The market is surprised by this broad slowdown across industry groups as the IIP had expanded by 4.1% in February. The Union government of India has withdrawn the 1% TDS on transfer of immovable property that was proposed in the Union [...] Continue Reading »
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) new norms for alternative investment funds (AIF) are likely to make it difficult for real estate fund managers to decide on investment policies. And it will also force them to adopt new ways to attract investors. The norms say the funds should not have more than [...] 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 »
It will be mandatory for a real estate mutual fund to invest at least 75 % of the scheme`s net assets in real estate companies and related securities. In that amount a minimum of 35 % was to be invested directly into real estate projects in India. The investment funds also will not be allowed [...] Continue Reading »
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) planned to formulate new Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) Regulations. The new regulation may not allow PE funds to accept less than Rs 1 crore investment from an investor. According to real estate market experts, with this regulation many small PE funds will be affected. It is analyzed a [...] Continue Reading »
