Flashback 2019
Finance
Flashback 2019: Bank mergers, NBFC woes, PE deals keep financial sector in spotlight
India’s banking, financial services and insurance sector went through a roller coaster ride in 2019, as the government launched a ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: VCs snag record sum as PE firms toil hard to cross finish line
Global and domestic Limited Partners (LPs), or institutional investors and affluent individuals, pumped a record amount of money into India-focused ......
Infrastructure
Flashback 2019: Big PE deals mark otherwise rough year for infrastructure sector
After a lacklustre 2018, the Indian infrastructure sector would have hoped for a turnaround in its fortunes this year. But ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: Stressed assets remain in focus on rising bankruptcies, new challenges
When everything else fails, pray. At least that’s what State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar seems to believe. “Every morning ......
Healthcare
Flashback 2019: Single-specialty, regional hospitals steal the thunder in healthcare
A strong revival of investor interest in eye-care clinics, big-ticket deals in the dialysis, fertility and oncology segments and a ......
Consumer
Flashback 2019: Consumer sentiment slumps but foreign investors make bold bets
Indian consumer-focussed companies braced for a deep slowdown as rising inflation, high unemployment and falling economic growth damped people’s sentiment ......
Markets
Flashback 2019: IPO activity slumps again but total equity fundraising rebounds
India’s overall equity capital market (ECM) fundraising staged a smart recovery in 2019 after falling last year, even though primary ......
Economy
Flashback 2019: The year when the economy took a hard right turn towards turmoil
Soon after winning a second term in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target to boost the Indian economy’s ......
People
Flashback 2019: PE-VC firms feel the churn as honchos leave for pastures greener
The private equity and venture capital world, which craves the dealmaking skills of talented managers, couldn’t hang on to many ......
Finance
First Cut: How dealmaking shaped up in India in 2019
A lack of big-ticket mergers and acquisitions took its toll on Indian deal street with the overall transaction value skidding ......