Prem Watsa

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Infrastructure

29 March, 2019

Fairfax India invests $72 mn in private shipping firm

Fairfax India Holdings Corporation, the publicly listed private equity-style investment platform of Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, has picked up ......

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Finance

29 March, 2019

How Spotify inspired Catholic Syrian Bank to look at an unusual listing plan

In April last year, Sweden's Spotify Technology SA went public in an unconventional manner. The world's largest music streaming service ......

Finance

28 March, 2019

Fairfax-controlled Catholic Syrian Bank plans direct listing on bourses

Catholic Syrian Bank, which is majority owned by India-born Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax India Holdings Corp, is looking to ......

Infrastructure

27 March, 2019

Tatas enter airport sector, join GIC & SSG Capital to bet $1.15 bn on GMR Airports

Tata Group has entered India's airports sector as it joined Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and stressed assets investor SSG ......

TMT

25 February, 2019

Fairfax-controlled Thomas Cook acquires digital imaging solutions firm

Listed travel company Thomas Cook (India) Ltd said on Monday that it will buy a majority stake in Dubai-based digital ......

General

21 January, 2019

L&T Infotech looks to buy into Mindtree; Jio may spin off towers into infra trust

Mindtree’s largest shareholder, VG Siddhartha, is in advanced discussions with L&T Infotech, KKR, Baring Private Equity Partners Asia and Prem ......

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Infrastructure

21 December, 2018

Fairfax-controlled Saurashtra Freight hunts for acquisitions in logistics

Saurashtra Freight Pvt. Ltd has charted out an inorganic growth strategy, two people privy to the development told VCCircle, as ......

General

30 November, 2018

Fairfax may sell stake in ICICI Lombard; Sequoia may back ed-tech firm Eruditus

Fairfax, which is controlled by investor Prem Watsa, known as the “Warren Buffett of Canada”, is considering reducing its stake ......

Manufacturing

18 September, 2018

Fairfax India to hike stake in Sanmar Chemicals

Fairfax India Holdings Corp is investing more money in Sanmar Chemicals Group in a transaction that will increase its stake ......

TMT

25 July, 2018

Fairfax invests $45 mn in parent of online insurance startup Digit

Go Digit Infoworks Services Pvt. Ltd, the parent of online insurance startup Digit Insurance, has raised $45 million (around Rs ......