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Finance
Blackstone's first-quarter profit rises but coronavirus weighs
Blackstone Group Inc, the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, reported a 4% ......
Finance
Why new FDI rules have put PE fund managers in a quandary
The Indian government’s hardening of stance over foreign direct investment from China has thrown private equity fund managers in a ......
General
Grapevine: Blackstone, Warburg, NIIF join race to buy stake in Concor
Global investors Blackstone and Warburg Pincus as well as India’s sovereign fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have joined ......
Finance
KKR sets up international coronavirus relief fund, founders forego salary
KKR & Co Inc has established a $50 million global relief fund to help people affected by the new coronavirus, ......
General
Grapevine: IndusInd in fundraising talks with Blackstone, Apax, TPG, Carlyle, others
Hinduja family-backed IndusInd Bank is looking to raise up to $750 million (Rs 5,705 crore at current exchange rate) in ......
Finance
PE deals sink to decade-low in Jan-March on coronavirus caution
Private equity dealmaking in India plunged during the January-March quarter to hit the lowest level in at least a decade ......
Finance
Coronavirus sows doubt over completion of M&A, PE deals
The coronavirus pandemic has virtually eliminated shaking hands. Its economic impact now has investors doubting whether many companies who shook ......
TMT
Blackstone's biggest India deal just got a little bigger
Blackstone Group Inc, the world’s largest private equity investor, has raised its exposure to an Indian software services firm as ......
Finance
How the rupee's slide after the virus outbreak may hurt PE, VC firms
Ever since the coronavirus outbreak became a global pandemic, world markets have been in turmoil. The pandemic, which has already ......
Finance
How are PE firms managing risk in light of frequent black swan events?
Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman has often explained how the private equity firm’s failed 1986 investment in Edgcomb Steel helped it ......