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Grapevine: Morgan Stanley PE, Multiples eye RG Stone stake; EDF to sell India assets
RG Stone, a chain of urology and laparoscopy hospitals in India, has initiated discussions with several private equity (PE) firms ......
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Grapevine: Actis, Sembcorp eye Brookfield assets; GIC, Blackstone property deal falls
Private equity firm Actis' renewable energy platform BluPine Energy and Sembcorp Industries Ltd are among those considering the acquisition of ......
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Grapevine: Byju's gets $300 mn rights issue commitment; Sony, Zee resume merger talks
Edtech firm Think and Learn, operating under the Byju’s brand, has received commitments totaling $300 million (Rs 2,489 crore) for ......
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Grapevine: RIL eyes stake in Tata Play; Warburg, Bain compete for Shriram Housing
Reliance Industries (RIL) is in talks to acquire a 29.8% stake in Tata Play from the Walt Disney Company, marking ......
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Actis taps LP for India financial services portfolio firm
An Indian non-banking finance company, fully owned by the UK-based Actis, is raising capital from an offshore institutional investor that ......
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Actis makes over $200-mn monetisation move from biggest India bet
Private equity firm Actis, which had a rather quiet 2023 in India after a hectic 2022 when it struck deals ......
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Actis taps Asian investor for climate fund with India mandate
The UK-based private equity firm Actis, which launched a fund in February to invest in climate transition opportunities across Asia, ......
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Grapevine: Reliance, Disney finalising deal terms; Actis joins race for road assets
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. are in the final stages of crafting a non-binding term sheet to ......
Infrastructure
BluPine CEO on consolidation and why ‘obsession' with low solar, wind tariffs must end
The UK-based private equity firm Actis is building its third renewable energy platform in India, BluPine Energy, after setting up and selling Ostro Energy ......
Infrastructure
How Actis' BluPine differs from its previous two India green energy platforms
The UK-based private equity firm Actis is moving away from plain vanilla wind and solar power generation projects and will focus ......