Private equity firms have stayed away from investing in shipping, ports and logistics for two years in a row. ´PEs have stopped coming into the sector and there is no easy money for the shipping business,´ G Shivakumar, CFO, Great Eastern Shipping, said in the third quarter earnings conference call.
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Tag: PE
PE investment declines in micro finance sector
Private Equity (PE) investors are said to be cautious in investing in micro finance institution (MFI) as is reflected in the fall in fund flows from these sources. The amount of PE deals in the MFI sector has been declining year after year with the calendar year 2012 witnessing only $104.5 million worth of deal compared to
$113.04 million in 2011 and $146 million in the previous year, data from VC Circle
Realty sector attracts $45 mn PE deals in April
Real estate sector attracted $45 million or 4 percent of the aggregate private equity (PE) deals in the country during April 2013. During the month under consideration, the economy witnessed $1.2 billion worth of PE deals through 48 transactions compared to $605 million in April
Carlyle Group to expand presence in India
US private equity fund (PE) Carlyle Group plans to expand its presence in India and is looking at innovative ways to deepen its India focus, Edward Mathias, Managing Director and a board member of the group, said. As part of this plan, the PE investor would set up a non-banking finance company (NBFC) lend to Indian corporates. The PE fund also plans to raise a fund in India in order to invest across sectors, including retail, defence and i
Strategic sale route to have key implications in PE industry
Some experts feel that the private transaction or strategic sale route for the exit of private equity (PE) investors will have important implication in the PE industry. It is transforming the very nature of private equity business in India, reports suggest. PE investors can exit their investment in an unlisted company through several routes, the prominent among them being the Initial Public Offering (IPO) route and the priva
Investors lose appetite for tax-free infrastructure bonds
Industry players feel that capital market investors and private equity funds have low appetite for investment in infrastructure sector because of inherent risks involved in such ventures. Poor appetite among investors for this sector is evident from the weak response to the bond issues of infrastructure companies. Ennore Port, Dredging Corporation of India and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) received tepid respo
PE association expects muted growth in 2013
Agency reports shows that Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association expects growth in the private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) sectors to be subdued in 2013 owing to the slowing of the domestic economy. The association expects exits by PE funds during the year if the stock market does well this year as predicted. There are many funds which have invested durin
2012 sees fall in private equity investments
Data from Venture Intelligence shows that private equity (PE) players invested $8.9 billion over 406 deals in India during 2012 compared with $10.4 billion across 483 deals the previous year, which is a fall of 14.7 per cent. The decline in investment is attributed to delays in fund deployment by the PE firms. According to some indu
PE firms offload stakes in realty projects
Reports suggest that private equity funds that invested in IndiaÂ’s real estate sector during its best years in 2006 and 2007 are offloading their stakes in the projects. These funds are now looking to exit and return money to investors as they had an investment horizon of around five years. The latest to join the trend is Indiareit Fund Advisors whic