Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activity in India touched an all-time high of $148 billion in the first nine months of 2022. It was 58.2 per cent higher than in 2021, according to a report in BusinessLine (BL)...
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CCI needs to be abreast of global best practices on mergers: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Competition Commission of India (CCI) would need to keep pace with global developments on the merger and acquisition front and combine them with Indian laws. Speaking at the...
Deal values halve to $4.1 bn in August: Grant Thornton Bharat
Deal activity in India halved to USD 4.1 billion in value terms in August 2022 and witnessed a nearly 40 per cent slump in terms of volume, a report said on Thursday. When compared with the preceding month of July, the...
Bill in the works to speed up CCI approvals for M&As
Investors could get fast-tracked clearance from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for mergers and acquisitions within 20 days of being informed of the deal, if the watchdog does not form an adverse first...
Target, acquirer, board of directors: Understanding a hostile takeover
On Tuesday, Gautam Adani-led Adani Group announced that it has acquired a 29.18 per cent stake in NDTV and will launch an open offer to acquire another 26 per cent soon. NDTV’s owners have stated that it was...
SPAC activity in July reached the lowest levels in five years
SPACs were one of the hottest investments on Wall Street early last year, booming alongside cryptocurrencies, meme stocks and other speculative trades as an easy way for buzzy startups to raise money and go public. Fast...
Large user base in India will bring global M&A under CCI
Global mergers and acquisitions are set to come under the scrutiny of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) if the parties meet a specified customer base in India that the antitrust regulator will specify after...
Over Rs 2,000-cr M&As may come under Competition Commission’s purview
An additional criterion in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) may require digital businesses to secure approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the anti-trust regulator. The government is set to...
India M&A veto plans will shake world’s dealmakers
India is set to take a seat at the global M&A table. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is preparing to give its antitrust enforcer a bigger say in overseas deals. India may have missed the boat to stymie Big...
India Inc signs over 1,100 deals worth over $104 billion in first half of 2022
As many as 1,149 deals valued at $104.3 billion were signed by India Inc in the first half of this year despite global uncertainties, a report showed on Thursday. According to the Grant Thornton Bharat Dealtracker...
With 174 total deals in Q1 2022, Indian M&A market set to witness strong performance, reveals Datasite
At $11.5 billion, the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector leads the M&A market in India. TMT claimed six of the top 10 largest deals in the country in Q1 2022 and is poised for a solid year ahead. Recall...
Adani, Ambani are driving force of India’s M&A activity, says Barclays
Billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani will continue to drive mergers and acquisitions in India as the country’s richest people are hunting for targets to diversify their businesses, according to Barclays Plc...
