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11 November, 2024

Fairfax-backed IIFL Securities to hire 100 bankers as it rebrands to IIFL Capital

Fairfax-backed IIFL Securities Ltd, which has rebranded itself as IIFL Capital Services Ltd, plans to hire about 100 bankers as ......

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Finance

07 November, 2024

Fairfax-backed CSB Bank taps offshore investor for fresh capital

CSB Bank Ltd, the Indian private-sector lender controlled by Canadian investment firm Fairfax, is set to raise $100 million (around ......

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Infrastructure

03 October, 2024

Bottomline: Fairfax-controlled Bengaluru airport operator flies into a loss

The financial year 2023-24 was a mixed bag of sorts for Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL), which operates the Kempegowda ......

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General

13 September, 2024

Deals Digest: Momentum recovers from 6-week low, aided by Blackstone-Ventive deal

Funding raised by private equity and venture capital-backed companies picked up after hitting the lowest mark in six week during the ......

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Infrastructure

05 September, 2024

Japan's Sumitomo explores flying into Indian airport sector

Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corp is likely to have weighed the possibility of entering the Indian aviation sector by acquiring a ......

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28 August, 2024

Grapevine: Fairfax, Bain eye API maker; ChrysCap nears deal for Belgian Waffle

Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax and US private equity firm Bain Capital are competing to acquire Vadodara-based API maker Farmson Basic Drugs in a deal ......

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Finance

09 May, 2024

Fairfax changes monetisation plan from Indian financial services firm

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, the Toronto-listed investment firm controlled by Indian-born Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa, has changed its plan to ......

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Infrastructure

21 March, 2024

Spotlight: How well has the Fairfax-owned Indian airport recovered from Covid jolt?

Over the past three years or so, aviation in India has been on a rapid growth trajectory. While domestic carriers ......

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Finance

16 February, 2024

Fairfax begins new year with a multi-bagger exit

Fairfax India, a country-specific private-equity style investment firm, which is run in association with Indian-born Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax, ......

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Finance

09 February, 2024

Quess Corp, GoDigit under the lens as Fairfax accused of manipulating asset values

Two Indian companies—an outsourcing services provider and an insurance-technology unicorn—are at the centre of allegations made by an activist short ......