Private Equity (pe) Investments

PE inflows plunge 42% to $23.3 bn in 2022, lowest since 2019: Report

Private equity investments into domestic companies fell sharply year-on-year by 42 per cent to USD 23.3 billion in 2022, which is the lowest since 2019, when it was USD 15.8 billion, according to an industry report. The numbers reflect the overall funding winter that the startup space in particular, and the overall foreign investments in general have been witnessing since the Ukraine war began last February. Private equity investment inflows into the country fell by a sharp 42 per cent in 2022 from last year to USD 23.3 billion -- the lowest annual inflows since 2019 when it was a low USD 15.8 billion, but still relatively elevated compared to historical levels, said Elaine Tan, a senior analyst at Refinitiv, the LSEG business arm that provides financial markets data and insights. The report did not say how many deals were closed in the year. In the December quarter, the PE investments totalled USD 3.61 billion, down 8.1 per cent sequentially from USD 3.93 billion and fell 67.2 per

Jio Platforms deals help PE investments climb 12% to $18.8 bn this year yet

Investments better the $16.8 billion (across 503 transactions) in the same period in 2019, according to Venture Intelligence.

Covid-19 impact: Private equity slows down, zooms in on portfolio companies

Future targets to include financial services, retail companies; Top PE firms shut offices about a week before lockdown; key execs and principals now entirely on phone, video-conferencing

Singapore overhauls fund regime to bolster industry, attract offshore funds

Country likely to edge out Mauritius as a favoured destination for offshore funds

PE, VC investments in India grew 28% to $48 billion in 2019, says EY data

Buyouts recorded the largest increase of 56 per cent in terms of value ($16.2 billion in 2019 against $10.4 billion in 2018)

PE/VC firms invested over $2 bn in NBFCs, despite IL&FS crisis of 2018

According to Venture Intelligence data, this year's total come from 33 deals; there were 37 in 2018

Private equity, VCs pump in $1.6 bn investment through 50 deals in August

From a sector point of view, power and utilities led with $532 million investments across two deals followed by real estate with $360 million invested across two deals

PE investments see upward trend, tally at $11.51 bn in Jan-July: Thornton

Going forward deal activity is expected to be bullish for the rest of the year

Foreign funds account for 60% of PE investments in realty in 2017

Foreign funds accounted for 60 per cent of investment by private equity (PE) entities in real estate during 2017, says a study."Like 2017, we expect foreign investors dominating investment volume in 2018, with office and industrial sectors in focus. With the Goods and Services Tax in place and the recently accorded infrastructure status for logistics, the industrial and warehousing sector has become an attractive proposition," said Anshul Jain, country head at Cushman & Wakefield.While the residential sector continued to get the largest share of investment, the amount declined by 29 per cent from a year before, to Rs 156 billion."Offshore investors are appreciating the increased transparency in residential properties due to new reforms, tax breaks and so on, while domestic investors are still focusing on equity markets," said Rubi Arya, vice-chairperson at Milestone Capital, a property fund manager.Arya said both offshore and domestic investors are investing in the office ...

PE firms make record exits of $9.4 billion in 2017

Investments too at an all-time high of $19.5 billion in the first nine months of the calendar year

Grant Thornton: PE funding up 48% to $1.22 billion in July

There were 59 PE transactions worth $1.22 billion in July this year, says report