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Portfolio |
August 5th, 2008 |
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One of the bright spots in the recent GDP reports has been the productivity figures. Whenever GDP continues to grow even as employment is falling, productivity -- which is the growth in GDP per worker -- will look particularly strong. And productivity this year is rising at a healthy 2.5% [...]
VC Circle |
August 5th, 2008 |
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HDFC Property Ventures, the real estate investment arm of the bank, is picking up a stake in South India's largest central business district mall in Banglore for $25 million. The 6-lakh sq ft Nitesh Mall, being developed by Nitesh Estates, has an estimated value Rs 300 crore ($75 million). HDFC [...]
VC Circle |
August 5th, 2008 |
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IFC, the private equity arm of the World Bank, is investing $14 million (Rs 55 crore) in Delhi-based healthcare firm Rockland Hospital. The two-tiered investment would involve $10 million investment in common shares, besides $4 million in convertible preference shares. The exact quantum of equity stake being picked by IFC [...]
VC Circle |
August 5th, 2008 |
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(Via our content partner FinAlternatives.com): Dubai-based Baer Capital Partners has launched an open-end Mauritius-domiciled fund that invests in Indian equity- and debt-linked securities, derivatives and related structured products. The fund size is not revealed, however, VC Circle sources estimate it to be about $250 million. We are extremely excited about [...]
VC Circle |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Tata Capital has appointed Shailendra Bhandari, the former managing director and CEO of Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP), as the head of its private equity business, The Economic Times has reported, quoting unnamed sources. VC Circle has not independently verified this information. The report said that Bhandari will report to [...]
TPG Capital and a General Electric-backed fund had offered A$2.9bn for Australia's Asciano in one of the region's largest proposed private equity deals of the year[...]
CNBC |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Chrysler's finance arm said Sunday it had renewed its credit facilities, but had reduced the amount to $24 billion from $30 billion due to tough credit markets and changes in its retail strategy. Read More Topics:Private Equity | Credit | Automobile Industry | Stock Market | Corporate NewsSectors:Financial Services | [...]
Insurance entrepreneur Rory Carvill could be about to make another multi-million pound fortune after entering into talks to sell a stake in reinsurance broker Carvill to an American private equity fund.[...]
SF Chronicle |
August 3rd, 2008 |
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Guess who holds your mortgage now? It's your friendly neighborhood hedge fund. Dozens of hedge funds, private-equity groups and other investors have plunged into the beaten-down mortgage market in recent months, buying tens of thousands of distressed loans[...]
LA Times |
August 3rd, 2008 |
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Coming from Cyprus, he rose through the oil industry to become a professional investor and advisor. The gig: Chairman of TransGlobal Financial Corp., a private equity firm investing in and advising clients on emerging growth companies in such areas as healthcare, waste management and energy. Chairman, Vortex Resources Corp., an [...]
Foreign funds and private equity groups are seeing a rare opportunity to invest in China's property market, in part thanks to Beijing's recent efforts to cool down the country's once-soaring real estate sector[...]
Market Watch |
August 3rd, 2008 |
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP may bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s theme parks unit, the Sunday Telegraph reported, without citing sources. U.S. brewing giant Anheuser is in the process of being acquired by InBev (INB.BT) and may spin off assets as part of that process. Blackstone [...]
AltAssets |
August 3rd, 2008 |
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KKR to list on NYSE, first acquiring KPE[...]
AltAssets |
August 3rd, 2008 |
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China-focused private equity funds raise USD12bn in Q2[...]
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