Indian companies’ foreign direct investment (FDI) in March in their overseas ventures more than doubled to $2.99 billion, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday. During the same...
QIPs surge in March quarter on large deals
After a lacklustre 2016, the Indian qualified institutional placement (QIP) market has seen a sharp uptick in activity with the first three months of 2017 seeing more funds raised through QIPs than all of last year. QIP...
A mixed March quarter for global M&As
Of all the ways to describe how mergers and acquisitions (M&As) kicked off in 2017, ‘exceptional’ is not one. Global M&As had a mixed first quarter with a dip in the number of deals but a rise in the overall...
Mergers and acquisitions under Bankruptcy Code: some concerns
By encouraging a transparent and time-bound sale of assets and businesses of defaulting corporate debtors, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Bankruptcy Code) promises a fillip in merger and acquisition (M&A)...
Intra-Asia M&A softens the blow of pullback in first-quarter dealmaking
Merger and acquisitions involving Asian companies fell 39 percent in the first quarter of 2017 to $176 billion, the lowest level in nearly three years and highlighting a sharp pullback in overseas deals by Chinese firms...
Trump helps make cross-border M&A great again
Cross-border M&A had its strongest start since 2007, driving first-quarter global volumes up 7 percent, as optimism over U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic agenda buoyed the stock market and the dollar...
2016-17 in review: A record year for M&A deals
This financial year has set a record for mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India, with deals worth $61.26 billion—more than double the value of transactions last year. In 2015-16, M&A deals were worth $27.62...
Shivinder and Malvinder Singh want to sell some assets, but the timing isn’t right
Brothers Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh are serial entrepreneurs known for pulling off one of the best-timed exits in the annals of Indian business. In 2008, they agreed to sell their family firm and India’s...
Tata Sons to invest Rs 10,000 crore in group companies
Among the first decisions taken by N Chandrasekaran as chairman of Tata Sons was to tighten the holding company’s control over the $103-billion conglomerate, recently shaken up by a power struggle between Cyrus Mistry...
17 states have agreed to form joint ventures with Railways: Prabhu
Seventeen states have agreed to form joint ventures with the Railways to fast-track infrastructure projects, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said by entering into a joint...
M&A deals fall 26% to $1.3 billion in February, outlook strong: report
Corporate India’s merger and acquisition activity in February fell 26% in value terms over the year-ago month to $1.3 billion owing to declining domestic activity, says a survey. According to assurance, tax and advisory...
M&A interest may grow as buyers get more confident about India: Barclays India MD
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in India rose to a record $69.75 billion across 1,195 transactions in 2016, fuelled by a wave of consolidation across sectors. Consolidation as a driver for M&A activity is...
