Ranjani Raghavan
Finance
ICICI Venture ups stake in private-sector lender
ICICI Venture, the private equity arm of ICICI Bank, has increased its stake in a listed private-sector bank. The ......
Finance
With mountain of dry powder, private equity firm WestBridge tweaks its structure
WestBridge Capital Partners, which has so far been investing via an offshore evergreen fund, has formed a local investment vehicle, ......
TMT
Blackstone India team strikes another big-ticket BPO deal
Private equity giant Blackstone Group's India unit has led a deal in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector by acquiring ......
Finance
How PE funds, foreign banks are changing tack in battle for stressed assets
When Indian authorities started cracking down on banks’ bad loans two years ago, several private equity firms and stressed assets ......
People
Barclays hires Credit Suisse i-banker for senior role in India
Britain-based Barclays Investment Bank has hired a banker from Swiss financial major Credit Suisse to take on a senior role ......
Economy
Why the RBI's second successive rate hike is bad news for dealmaking
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the benchmark lending rate for the second time since June, a ......
Finance
Why the RBI's second successive rate hike is bad news for dealmaking
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the benchmark lending rate for the second time since June, a ......
Manufacturing
Apollo Global takes a haircut on one of its few direct India bets
Alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management, which stitched together a couple of deals in India almost a decade ago before ......
Finance
Two Tata Capital private equity vehicles hit the road for new funds
Two of Tata Capital Ltd’s private equity vehicles have formally begun the process of raising capital for their second funds, ......
People
CX Partners co-founder Ajay Relan returns to active investing with two PE veterans
Ajay Relan, who co-founded private equity firm CX Partners in 2009 and stepped down in 2015, is scripting a comeback with ......