Ranjani Raghavan
People
How BanyanTree PE founder is quietly building a bank, wealth management biz abroad
By all accounts, 2008 saw the first wave of first-time fund managers in India. As several private equity veterans left ......
Finance
Have Indian insurers finally discovered an appetite for PE funds?
Indian insurance companies are emerging as reliable partners for a new generation of homegrown private equity firms hitting the road ......
Finance
DEG India's Kunal Makkar on financing first-time fund managers, ESG norms & more
It’s been nearly two decades since German development finance institution Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) first started investing in India. ......
Finance
Asian Development Bank to invest in two India-related PE funds
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to invest in the funds of two India-related private equity firms this year ......
Finance
Kotak gears up to float a bunch of PE, VC funds to double assets
The alternative investment arm of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd is preparing to launch a handful of private equity and venture ......
Finance
SBICAP Ventures reduces size of thematic PE funds
SBICAP Ventures Ltd, which had earlier this year revealed plans to launch two thematic private equity funds with a combined ......
Finance
Baring PE Asia floats large India-focussed private credit fund
Hong Kong-headquartered alternative asset management firm Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) is on the road to raise what would be ......
People
Data firm promoter takes PE investor to court over removal
A promoter of Xact Data Discovery India Pvt. Ltd has taken the company’s US-headquartered private equity owner to court over ......
Finance
US stressed assets firm picks up stake in ARCIL as sovereign wealth fund exits
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd (ARCIL) announced on Monday that it will sell a 27% stake to Avenue Capital, a ......
Finance
Valuation the biggest challenge for investing in India: Proparco's Philippe Serres
Proparco SA, the private-sector financing arm of French development finance institution Agence Francaise de Development, has committed around half-a-billion dollars ......