In a recent notification, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs erased the requirement to apprise the Competition Commission of India (CCI) within 30 days of the signing of a deal for a merger and acquisition (M&A)...
Fundraising via IPO rises 73% to Rs 12,000 crore in H1 2017
In a blockbuster performance, over a dozen companies have raised more than Rs 12,000 crore through initial public offerings in the first half of the year, a surge of 73 percent from the year-ago level. Moreover, the...
India Inc’s Jan-May deal tally at $35 bn: Grant Thornton
Corporate India announced merger and acquisition deals worth $1.89 billion in May, taking the year to date tally to $35.44 billion driven by big- ticket transactions, says a report. According to assurance, tax and...
Stressed firms race to sell assets
With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) identifying 12 companies for the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), the stage looks set for financially stressed companies to fast-track their asset sales so they can repay debt...
Cross-border mergers make India favoured FDI route amid stagnancy: UNCTAD
Despite stagnant foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow of $44 billion in 2016, India will most likely remain most favoured destination due to its attractiveness among MNCs for cross-border mergers and acquisitions, a...
Indian M&A deals up 23% to $16 bn in Jan-March even as volumes remain flat
M&A activity involving Indian companies during the quarter (January-March 2017) stood at 252 deals with a total disclosed value of $15.8 billion, up from $12.8 billion in the corresponding period last year. While...
Cross-border M&A between U.S. and European firms at 10 year high
Some $171.8 billion of cross-border merger and acquisition deals between U.S. and European companies have been announced so far in 2017, the highest figure at this stage of the year for a decade as companies on both...
M&A activity in India’s payment sector flourishing: VCCEdge
Consolidation boom has gathered momentum in India’s payment sector with 15 merger and acquisition(M&A) deals worth USD 340.15 million signed in 2016-17, News Corp VCCEdge report said on Tuesday. Key M&A...
French outbound M&A driven to decade high by big deals
French companies have spent more on overseas acquisitions so far this year than in the same period over the past decade, marking a sharp rebound from 2016, Thomson Reuters data released on Tuesday showed. Outbound...
A new merger control philosophy
The ministry of corporate affairs’ notification in March this year on thresholds for mergers and amalgamations is a shift in methodology from the principle of “attributability” to that of “size of business”. The...
RBI issues new draft rules for M&As
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday proposed a fresh set of regulations regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&A) which seek reporting of such actions to be more stringent and time-bound and provide for...
Indian M&A deal value doubles in March quarter: Mergermarket
Indian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal value surged in the first quarter of the calendar year, driven by the telecom sector, according to global deal tracking firm Mergermarket. Deal value rose to $17.9 billion...
