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31 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: Wealth funds, newcomers jostle with old-timers in top PEs list

West Asian sovereign wealth funds and a couple of new American buyout firms stormed into the club of top private ......

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Infrastructure

30 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: Office assets defy work-from-home to emerge as real estate winners

Despite the pandemic, real estate recorded impressive capital flow in 2020 on the back of big-ticket deals by private equity ......

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Finance

30 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: PE firms clock big exits but Indian VC gets most bang for the buck

Private equity and venture capital exit deals in India fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2020 as the coronavirus ......

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Finance

23 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: New PE bosses, rise of women at VCs in top people moves this year

The coronavirus pandemic threw a spanner in the hiring activities of private equity and venture capital firms as social distancing ......

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Manufacturing

22 December, 2020

Former Blackstone exec Cyriac to spin dream returns from MTAR exit

Mathew Cyriac, a former Blackstone India top executive who floated his investment firm after leaving the private equity giant three ......

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Finance

16 December, 2020

Dealmaking in 2020: Reliance, Reliance and Reliance (and a few others)

It’s a year we would like to forget. But we won’t. Mukesh Ambani won’t either. But for entirely different reasons. This ......

Manufacturing

14 December, 2020

Blackstone to buy Piramal Glass in second $1-bn India deal of 2020

Blackstone Group Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Piramal Glass Pvt. Ltd at an enterprise valuation of Rs 7,500 ......

General

11 December, 2020

Grapevine: Omers to invest in Greenko; Blackstone wins race for Piramal Glass

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s (Omers) infrastructure investment manager is looking to invest up to $750 million (Rs 5,517 crore) ......

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08 December, 2020

Grapevine: Blackstone plans Aadhar Housing IPO; Strides Pharma, Mytrah seek buyers

Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc. has started a process to float an initial public offering of mortgage lender Aadhar ......

Finance

08 December, 2020

Blackstone, KKR, CPPIB among PE firms, LPs to sign global initiative on diversity

Nearly 50 buyout firms and investors have signed a global initiative that aims to improve diversity and inclusion among their ......