Top Japanese conglomerates and investment firms are ploughing money into India, putting unsavoury episodes of the past behind them. While Japan’s SoftBank has been investing in Indian startups for years, the...
New rules for mergers involving foreign firms announced: What this means
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has introduced important regulatory changes for companies involved in mergers and amalgamations, particularly in cases involving foreign entities. According to the new rules, any...
Global deals worth more than ₹2,000 crore under CCI lens from Tuesday
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) notified on Monday that global mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving digital entities where the deal value is more than ₹2,000 crore and including companies with...
In India, some mergers and acquisitions are more equal than others. Just look at ICICI Securities case
Amid the ongoing row between a New York-based short seller and the Indian market regulator, a completely different controversy is brewing. It involves the country’s second-most-valuable bank, and its plan to swallow up...
Global M&A transaction value rises in first half of 2024 despite fewer deals: S&P Report
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have seen a notable increase in total transaction value during the first half of 2024, despite a decrease in deal volumes, according to S&P Global Market...
Dealmakers optimistic on global M&A prospects despite sluggish growth
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity grew at a sluggish pace in the second quarter, yet many dealmakers are upbeat, forecasting transactions will pick up in the second half of 2024. Stubbornly high...
Reverse mergers gain ground on the expressway to public markets
Precision Containeurs Ltd, a publicly listed maker of steel and plastic containers, had been defunct for about a decade when it blipped on the radar of Daman-based East India Drums and Barrels Manufacturing. In May last...
IBBI issues new guidelines to streamline process of appointing IPs as resolution professionals
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has issued a new set of guidelines to streamline the process for appointing insolvency professionals (IPs) as interim resolution professionals, liquidators, and...
Deal activity dips 3% to $5 bn in May, merger and acquisitions down 58%
The overall deal activity declined by 3 per cent to USD 5.023 billion in May compared to USD 5.192 billion in the preceding month of April, a report said on Thursday. The merger and acquisitions plummeted 58 per cent to...
Competition Commission of India to soon bring new set of merger regulations
Competition Commission of India (CCI) will soon come out with a new set of merger regulations, giving effect to competition law amendments enacted last year, its chairperson Ravneet Kaur said on Monday. Kaur said CCI...
M&A deal value soars 60% to $19.6 billion with net 455 in Q1FY25, PE dips slightly: PwC India
The overall merger and acquisition (M&A) deal value soared by 60 per cent to $19.6 billion in January-March 2024, while that of the private equity (PE) ones experienced a slight dip, according to a latest PwC India...
Centre raises M&A thresholds for antitrust regulator’s nod
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Friday increased the asset and turnover thresholds for mergers and acquisitions of firms that would require the approval of the antitrust regulator, sparing small deals from...
