Tag: Private Equity

Private Equity Likes Real Estate Investing in Pune

According to Sameer Gholve, Manager of Capital Markets at Jones Lang LaSalle India, Pune has been favoured destination amongst Real Estate PE funds since 2005 – the year FDI opened for real estate. Most of the funds are based out of Mumbai, which gives Pune obvious preference, as the city’s proximity allows these funds to […]

Real Estate Sector tops the PE chart in February.

February of 2012 saw $922.7 million of private equity (PE) investments in Indian companies across 51 deals, 58% higher than the investments of $583.8 million across 24 deals in the same month last year. However, the average deal size declined to $23.1 million from $38.9 million last year, as February 2012 was marked by a […]

PE funding in Real Estate on a surge

With the loan scam unveiled and access to bank lending being tough, real estate funds and private equity (PE) firms now sense a business opportunity. Hoping that the loan scam will put more transactions on the table, they are actively working for the deal bargains. Bank funding and capital markets are the primary sources of […]

High response to India-focused PE has been observed

The Tata Group Company plans to raise $500 million for an India-focused private equity (PE) fund through its partnership with Mizuho Securities of Japan. Tata Capital announced last month that it will raise 1 billion Dollars from both the foreign and domestic investors by the end of next year. On the other hand, Mizuho Sec […]

Infra Fund of $500 by ICICI Venture

May 12, 2010 The chief executive of India’s ICICI Venture which is the ICICI Bank’s private equity arm announced that they plan an amount of 500 million dollars to be invested in infrastructure projects. This will be launched by July. In an interview, Vishakha Mulye told Reuters that majorly education (and) hospital will be put […]

Banks told to assess builders’ fund needs

India’s troubled realty firms may soon be thrown a lifeline, with the Reserve Bank of India indicating that banks consider providing support to large real estate companies. Recently, the regulator wrote to select banks telling them to assess the financial support given to builders and to finalize a workable solution, a senior banker said. The […]

Indian Realty Prices May Return

Indian property prices, which had taken off jet appears to be losing altitude after bad debts because of their origin to the real estate reduced the U.S. financial market to its knees. Market-men see prices cooling and projects are blocked because of lack of funds cheap, but do not expect the market crash. The collection […]

Long Term Prospects Of Real Estate

With growing foreign investments in the country’s real estate market, long-term prospects of the sector look brighter, HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said. “Long-term prospects of commercial real estate market continue to be positive owing to growing opportunities in sectors like healthcare, hospitality, logistics and education,” Parekh told reporters in Mumbai. There is sufficient interest from […]

LIC Housing To Enter Venture Funding

LIC Housing Finance, the mortgage arm of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), is set to foray into the venture capital arena. It intends to start Rs 500 crore real estate fund by the end of this financial year. LIC Housing Finance is reportedly scouting for a banking partner for raising capital and will soon […]

Sobha Looks Forward For Slum Redevelopment

Sobha Developers, a Bangalore-based realty major focussed on residential space, is looking at diversifying its portfolio through slum redevelopment schemes and special economic zones (SEZs), retail and commercial projects. Mr. Raghav Menon, Executive director, said that the company would build an SEZ in either Tamil Nadu or Kerala. He said, “We haven’t decided on the […]

Landmark Group Invests Rs 4000 Crore In North India

Landmark Group declared that it would invest approx four thousand crore rupees in developing twelve properties across the north India in the coming three to four years. Mr. Amit Kumar, Director, Landmark Group, said,“Currently, our twelve projects are undergoing in the North, which will be completed in the next three to four years. We will […]

Nirmal Lifestyle Plans To Develop 20 Townships

Real estate developer Nirmal Lifestyle is planning to develop 20 townships across India. The company has marked an investment of $5 billion for the first phase, which includes five townships under the brand name of Lifestyle City, a company release said. Spread over 300-1,000 acre, the phase I townships will come up one each in […]

Emaar’s Three SPVs.

Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and another financial investor are thinking to make a shared investment of eight hundred million dollar in three special purpose vehicles being created by real estate major Emaar MGF. Each SPV will have one financial investor. Delhi-based developer is in advanced talks with private equity players and is likely to close […]

Lodha Group To Raise $2 Billion Over Two Years

Mr. Abhinandan Lodha, Director, Lodha Group (Bloomberg), confidently said in mumbai that their aim are to raise $2 billion over the next two years from private equity investors and an initial sale of shares to fund its growth. The developer, which has received investments by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG in the […]

Modern India In Talks With PE Firms

Real estate and textile firm Modern India Ltd said it is in talks with private equity players to dilute the founders’ stake and sell stake in its special economic zone unit. Mr. V K Jatia, Chairman and Managing Director, Modern India Ltd, said, “We are in talks with 2-3 players, and we will finalize in […]

Akruti City Limited Reports One More Strong Quarter and Announces Interim Dividend of 18%

Akruti City Limited (ACL) (formerly known as Akruti Nirman Limited), one of the leading real estate developers of India, has stated total income of Rs. 140.02 crores ensuing in a net profit (after tax) of Rs. 72.14 crores (EPS of Rs. 10.81) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 “Akruti City continues to register […]