Private Equity Funds

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has sought comments from the public till January 29 on the proposals

Consortium of foreign funds, investment companies will be allowed to own over 51% of IDBI Bank

Under the current guidelines, to invest in insurance companies as "promoter", a PE fund can do so only through an SPV

The fund has set an overall target of raising Rs 500 crore and has received commitment of Rs 25 crore

While the CCI has no issues with PEs owing minority stakes in rival companies, the watchdog wants these funds to choose only one firm in terms of board representation

On a sequential basis the inflows are down 32 per cent from $50.4 billion, the report said

The report said the average deal size of PE investments in proptech to an all-time high of $25 million in 2021

The deal activity showed an increase of 54 per cent by value at USD 15.5 billion across 360 deals, largely on the back of heightened activity in the startup space

PE funds are increasingly exploring longer investment options beyond the standard five- to 10-year template

ICICI Venture is also looking at other opportunities such as investing in companies which are eligible for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme in the manufacturing sector

PE players are betting big on the future growth of electric vehicles

Texas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds has laid off most of its investment team in Asia outside Japan in a major retreat from the region

About 18 to 20 per cent of the fund will be contributed by Motial Oswal

Experts say while global funds may want to consider shifting their India portfolios to IFSC, the move would result in splitting the fund into two, which may not be acceptable to investors

The areas include manufacturing

The RBI had recently rejected a resolution plan - approved by the National Company Law Tribunal in June - that proposed selling Aircel's assets to UV Asset Reconstruction Company (UVARC)

Currently, the PE exposure in credit is limited and constitutes less than a 2 per cent share of the overall credit offered to industry.

The Super Fund identifies and invests in top funds across various categories and asset management companies

Amount beat the previous record of $8.1 bn raised in 2018

A Rs 30,000-crore bailout by the previous UPA government had been unable to reverse the fortunes of the carrier