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People

09 February, 2022

IIFL AMC ropes in Clix Capital's Aakash Desai to head private credit vertical

Fairfax-backed IIFL Wealth and Asset Management announced the appointment of Aakash Desai as the Head of Private Credit for its ......

Finance

17 January, 2022

Digit Insurance FY21 net loss shrinks as revenue soars over 50%

Cloud-based general insurance company Digit Insurance’s net loss shrank sharply in 2020-21 (FY21) as the company reported a strong growth ......

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Finance

02 December, 2021

Fairfax made its first partial exit from IIFL, sitting on below-benchmark returns

Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax has made a partial exit from non-banking financial company (NBFC) IIFL Finance.  The listed company is ......

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Finance

16 September, 2021

IIFL Finance hands 10% annualised return to CDC on second part-exit

UK’s CDC Group Plc made a second partial exit on Thursday from IIFL Finance by selling 2.64% stake for Rs ......

Infrastructure

17 February, 2021

Fairfax eyeing partial exit from Seven Islands Shipping via proposed IPO

Logistics firm Seven Islands Shipping filed for an initial public offering (IPO) worth Rs 600 crore on Tuesday. The IPO comprises ......

Manufacturing

29 January, 2021

Fairfax, others make open offer to buy rest of speciality chemicals firm

Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Group and a small group of shareholders in Fairchem Organics Ltd have made an open offer to ......

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TMT

20 January, 2021

Unpacking Digit Insurance -- India's newest unicorn

When Kamesh Goyal, founder and chairman of Digit Insurance, the country’s newest unicorn, started the non-life insurance company a little ......

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Infrastructure

07 July, 2020

Canadian fund likely marks down Bangalore airport valuation as it takes bigger stake

A Canadian pension fund is believed to have knocked down the valuation of Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) as it ......

Finance

19 June, 2020

Fairfax-controlled CSB Bank appoints Pralay Mondal as retail banking head

Fairfax-controlled CSB Bank Ltd has announced that its board has appointed Pralay Mondal as the company’s president for retail, SME, ......

General

22 January, 2020

Grapevine: SBI gets bids for its 1% in NSE; Vedanta to sell minority stake in Cairn

India’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), received bids from Prem Watsa’s Fairfax, Edelweiss Securities and Kotak Securities, among ......