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
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Investment by PE, VC funds decline in 2012
Private Equity and venture capital funds invested $7.6 billion across 415 deals in 2012, which is a fall of 21 percent from the year-ago period of $9.6 billion, global consultancy firm Ernst & Young said. The decline in the investment is mainly because of a significant fall in infrastructure sector investments $2.3 billion invested in 2011, compared with $774 million in 2012
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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
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Govt should review taxtion issues for better road infra
Sustaining interest of private players in India’s road sector is of paramount importance. For doing so if the government needs to make some small sacrifices in the immediate future, it is indeed worth as this will reap rich dividends in the future through overall development of the economy—and tax reforms will go a long way in this direction, proposes Hemant Kanoria.