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Grapevine: Emami Group mulls sale of pharmacy chain; Hero FinCorp plans IPO filing
Kolkata-based Emami Group is considering strategic options, including a potential sale, of its pharmacy retail chain Frank Ross, a media report said. The ......
TMT
Buyout PEs begin to take minority stakes in new economy startups
PE firms such as KKR and Blackstone that have traditionally focussed on buyout deals in India are warming up to ......
Healthcare
Stent maker SMT lines up bankers for IPO
India’s largest cardiac stent maker Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd (SMT) has signed up four bankers for its proposed initial ......
Finance
KKR-backed Avendus revamps wealth management biz as another exec quits
Avendus Capital Pvt. Ltd is overhauling its wealth management arm a decade after starting the business, as the Mumbai-based financial ......
Finance
Asia-Pacific family offices outperform global average but turning cautious
Family offices in Asia-Pacific, which includes India, generated more return on their investments than the global average but are becoming ......
Finance
Investment bank Lazard downsizing India operations
New York-listed investment bank Lazard Ltd is said to be scaling down its India operations and laying off executives, VCCircle ......
General
Long working hours aside, how productive India Inc employees really are?
In June 2018, Swiss bank UBS said in a report that people in Mumbai work the longest in the world—3,315 ......
Finance
Indian PE-VC funds draw record commitment from LPs in Q1 as dry powder hits $23 bn
Indian private equity and venture capital firms garnered a record investment commitment from Limited Partners (LPs) in the first quarter ......
TMT
Qatar Foundation's $1.48 bn exit from Bharti Airtel not as juicy as it appears
Qatar Foundation Endowment (QFE), the investment arm of Qatar’s royal family that operates separately from the country’s sovereign fund, exited ......
Manufacturing
Apollo Tyres hires I-banks for QIP
Gurgaon-based Apollo Tyres Ltd has hired two investment banks to raise capital through a qualified institutional placement (QIP), two people ......