Ankit Agarwal
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Grapevine: Walmart eyes Reliance Retail stake; talks resume for Vodafone stake
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is in discussions to sell a minority stake in its retail arm, Reliance Retail Ventures, to ......
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Grapevine: Merger proposal for Lakshmi Vilas Bank hits rocks; Sachin Bansal to buy insurer
The proposed majority stake acquisition of cash-starved Lakshmi Vilas Bank by AION Capital-backed SME lender Clix Capital may be called ......
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Grapevine: SoftBank stake in SB Energy eyed; Sony Pictures Networks-Viacom18 merger likely
Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, private equity fund Actis and Brookfield Asset Management have submitted bids to buy SoftBank Group ......
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Grapevine: PAG eyes Edelweiss units; GVK works to ward off hostile takeover of MIAL
Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), the world’s largest Asia-focused alternative asset management company, is looking to acquire a majority stake in ......
Finance
Company Watch: Can PE-backed Veritas Finance lift profitability, asset quality?
Veritas Finance Pvt. Ltd was founded in 2015 to finance the “missing middle”. This target segment, located a notch above typical ......
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Grapevine: PE firms to exit ISP Atria; Blackstone to consolidate office assets
Private equity firms True North and TA Associates, which own more than 90% in India’s largest non-telco internet service provider ......
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Grapevine: Piramal eyes debt from Apollo; GVK in talks with Adani, others for MIAL
Piramal Capital & Housing Finance (PCHF) is looking to raise a loan of up to $500 million (Rs 3,743 crore) ......
Healthcare
Value Lens: Why Max Healthcare is a tad pricey but that's still not enough for KKR
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd listed on the stock exchanges Friday after demerging from Max India Ltd and merging with Radiant ......
TMT
Reliance Industries hands Netmeds investors a mixed bag of returns
When mid-market investment bank MAPE Advisory Group decided to invest in Netmeds Marketplace Ltd in 2015, the online pharmacy venture ......
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Grapevine: Saudi's PIF to invest in RIL InvIT; Lexington may buy IL&FS education arm
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has initiated discussions to invest up to $1 billion (Rs 7,495 crore) in Reliance ......