Ankit Agarwal

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03 September, 2020

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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28 August, 2020

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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27 August, 2020

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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26 August, 2020

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 ......

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Finance

25 August, 2020

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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25 August, 2020

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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24 August, 2020

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) ......

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Healthcare

21 August, 2020

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 ......

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TMT

21 August, 2020

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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21 August, 2020

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 ......