With an eye on the southern markets, Ambuja Cements Ltd last week announced plans to acquire Hyderabad-based Penna Cement Industries Ltd. Penna has a cement manufacturing capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum...
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I Squared Capital, Stonepeak eye Vodafone’s Indus Towers stake in $2.3 bn deal
Private equity (PE) firm I Squared Capital and alternative investment firm Stonepeak are vying for Vodafone Group Plc’s 21.5% stake in Indus Towers Ltd in a deal potentially valued at around $2.3 billion, according to...
Fisher Sells Stake of Up to $3 Billion to Advent, Abu Dhabi Fund
Private equity firm Advent International and a unit of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are buying a minority stake in billionaire Ken Fisher’s Fisher Investments worth as much as $3 billion. The transaction, in which...
Paytm in talks with Zomato to sell its movie and ticketing business
Paytm is currently in discussions with Zomato Ltd. to sell its movie and events ticketing division, as part of a strategic overhaul amid declining sales, according to sources familiar with the situation, as per...
ET Money’s acquisition by 360 ONE – Should you be worried or excited?
The acquisition of ET Money by 360 ONE WAM Ltd raises some questions for users and investors of the Times Group-owned direct mutual fund investment platform—the largest corporate effort in the past decade to provide...
LIC looks to buy a standalone private health insurer
Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) is planning to acquire one of India’s five private standalone health insurance companies to secure a beachhead in the country’s growing health insurance market, two LIC...
Centre’s next round of stake sale in LIC now likely in FY2026
The next round of the government’s stake sale in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is only likely to take place in FY26 as the Centre pauses the privatization process this year to assess investor appetite, two...
NCLT admits Pune-based Cian Healthcare under insolvency over dues worth ₹1.14 cr
The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday admitted Cian Healthcare under insolvency following an application filed by one of its operational creditors over unpaid dues worth ₹1.14 crore...
Malaysia’s Gentari plans minority stake sale in C&I assets to raise around $400 million
New Delhi: Gentari Sdn Bhd, a unit of Malaysia’s state-run oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) that has been actively scouting for green energy assets in India, is now planning a minority fund raise in...
Cognizant’s ambitious acquisition of Belcan raises questions
On Monday, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. announced it is buying Belcan LLC, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based engineering, research and development (ER&D) service provider, for $1.3 billion. Cognizant would pay $1.19...
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...
Brazil’s Dasa, Amil in advanced talks to combine hospital businesses
Brazil’s Diagnosticos da America (Dasa) and health insurance operator Amil are in advanced talks to combine their hospital businesses, Dasa said in a securities filing on Monday. Under the current negotiations...
