Ankit Agarwal
Finance
Lockdown woes: Q1 revenue drops for three out of every four firms
The nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic hammered India Inc. during the April-June period with ......
Consumer
Value Lens: How ITC priced Sunrise Foods and what it could mean for other spice makers
In May, the cigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate ITC Ltd agreed to purchase spices maker Sunrise Foods Pvt. Ltd as part of efforts ......
Infrastructure
Cracks widen in infra dealmaking as investors turn wary, deals fall apart
The Indian infrastructure sector recorded a rather dull quarter through June as private equity investors and strategic buyers mostly stayed ......
Finance
PE, M&A deals in financial sector sink but GIC, CPPIB bet more
The number of private equity deals, mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector touched the lowest level in at ......
Healthcare
Value Lens: Gland Pharma may be cheaper than global firms but hovers above locals
The proposed initial public offering of Gland Pharma Ltd values the maker of injectable drugs at a premium to locally ......
Finance
As RIL's net debt turns zero, a look at companies carrying heavy loan burden
India Inc.’s gargantuan debt problem is unlikely to be solved anytime soon as almost a fifth of the 500 most ......
Healthcare
Healthcare PE deals climb in April-June, M&As maintain pace
The number of private equity deals in India’s healthcare sector rose in the April-June period to their highest level in ......
Finance
Banks scramble to beef up defences as coronavirus threatens to sour loan books
Banks across the nation are raising or proposing to raise at least Rs 1.4 trillion ($19 billion) as the industry ......
Healthcare
Value Lens: Piramal Pharma stake comes at some discount but may almost lose that tag
Private equity firm Carlyle has agreed to buy a fifth of Piramal Enterprises Ltd’s pharmaceutical business at some discount but ......
Finance
Virus fears damp M&As in Jan-June but cross-border sales, collapsed deals in focus
The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving India Inc. declined to the lowest level in at least eight years ......