PRIVATE EQUITY
Tax authorities bowl a GST googly to AIFs
About a dozen such alternative investment funds (AIFs) have recently received notices, with the revenue department questioning why their schemes, housing the fund pools, are not registered under GST. These funds raise huge money every year and bankroll thousands of startups and listed companies.
TA Associates leads $400-M investment in Vastu Housing
TA Associates, alongside International Finance Corporation, acquired a minority stake in Vastu Housing Finance for ₹3,340 crore ($400 million), valuing the company at ₹10,000 crore. Additionally, Vastu received a $75 million primary capital infusion. Founded in 2015 by Sandeep Menon and Sujay Patil, Vastu is a pan-India diversified lending institution, backed by Multiples Alternate Asset Management and other investors like Norwest Venture Partners, Creation Investments, 360 ONE Asset Management, and Faering Capital.
Agritech startup Arya Ag raises $29 million from Blue Earth Capital
Arya Ag will utilise the capital to expand the firm’s market share and enhance profitability. The funding will also be directed towards forging partnerships to enhance Package of Practices (PoP) on farms and implementing initiatives to minimise food loss throughout the supply chain.
Private equity deals in Indian real estate increased marginally
Private equity deals in Indian real estate surged in Q1 FY25, mainly due to a significant investment in Reliance Retail's warehousing assets. The $1.5 billion Reliance-ADIA-KKR deal represented 71% of total PE deals. Despite an overall weak macroeconomic environment, deal sizes increased by 23% year-on-year. Other notable transactions occurred in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, and MMR.
HNIs looking to diversify warm up to private credit funds
High net-worth individuals are increasingly turning to private credit funds due to the removal of tax benefits for debt mutual funds. This shift reflects a growing interest in fixed-income options among the affluent segment.
For a handful of equity and shine, investors open 4.3 m Demat a/cs
In recent activity, nearly 3.9 million new investor accounts were opened with the Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL), and an additional 0.4 million accounts were registered with the National Securities Depository (NSDL). By comparison, May witnessed a total of 4 million new accounts, while April saw 2.6 million new accounts.
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Rise & rise of secondary deals; advantage desi data centres
Happy Friday! Total funding raised by Indian startups fell in the first half of 2024, but late-stage activity showed signs of revival, as per data. Decoding this and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Carlyle, CVC & Hillhouse in the fray for GeBBS
Global private equity firms including Carlyle Group, Hillhouse Investment and CVC Capital Partners have been shortlisted to acquire ChrysCapital-owned GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, said people familiar with the development. The deal proposes to value the Los Angeles-based healthcare business process outsourcing firm at $800 million. The firms, shortlisted after the initial round, will submit a binding offer by mid-July, said one of the persons, who did not wish to be identified.
Indian real estate witnesses $1.7 bn private equity inflow during H1 2024
Private equity investment in the Indian real estate sector reached USD 1.7 billion in the first half of 2024, marking a 42% increase year-on-year, as reported by Savills India. However, Q2 2024 saw investments of USD 1.1 billion, similar to the previous year's figures.
Fresh capital raised via IPOs surges to a 9-year high, hints at private capex revival
Of the ₹33,610 crore raised by 37 companies so far in 2024, about 45%, or ₹15,190 crore, were through new shares, the highest proportion since 2015, when India Inc. raised nearly 48% fresh capital, according to data from primedatabase.com. The funds raised as fresh issues in 2024 were to either finance capital assets or retire existing debt obtained to build capacities, according to IPO documents.
US fund Platinum acquires Inventia Health in India foray
Platinum Equity makes its debut in India by acquiring a majority stake in Mumbai's Inventia Healthcare. With a valuation of Rs 2,500 crore, the deal sees PE investors exiting while the promoter retains a minority stake. Platinum Equity, managing over $48 billion in assets, is well-known for its expertise in the healthcare sector.
London PE Finnest takes majority stake in cloud kitchen firm Kitchens@ with $160 million investment
London-based PE firm finnest has acquired a majority stake in cloud kitchen startup Kitchens@ with an investment of Rs 1,335 crore, making it the largest shareholder. This round values Kitchens@ at $305 million, post-money, sources told ET. Kitchens@ provides services like ready-made kitchen setups, as well as supply chain and hiring support to cloud kitchens.
Dhiraj Agarwal on the next big trigger for equity markets
At least for a couple of months, China pulled in a large amount of inflows by the global investors. I have not seen the most recent data, but Feb-March they pulled in about $40 million. Something like that happens, it obviously impacts the amount of flow, which could happen in India. So, on the FPI flow, it is just a toss-up. I mean, it is very difficult to predict, honestly.
78K & counting: There's no stopping these bulls
The BSE benchmark ended at 78,053.52, up 712.45 points or 0.92% after hitting its lifetime high of 78,164.71. NSE's Nifty rose 183.45 points or 0.78% to a close at a record 23,721.3. The index hit an all-time high of 23,754.15 during the day.
Credit funds, family offices fill void left by banks at AIFs
The central bank came out with a circular in December 2023, requiring mainstream banks and NBFCs to divest their investments in AIFs that have funded any company that has borrowed from the bank or NBFC. The regulator had also raised provisions for banks or NBFCs investing in AIFs that subsequently lend to their borrowing companies.
Consolidation phase to continue for banks; SBI, HDFC remain preferred picks: InCred Equities
The domestic brokerage firm also stated that the bank managements are already adopting various means including driving staff KRAs and incentivizing employees towards higher deposit augmentation and the recent branch expansion of most banks in semi-urban/rural areas will drive the CASA deposits momentum
Blackstone may sell up to 15% stake in IT major Mphasis for Rs 6,697 crore
Blackstone may sell up to 15% stake in IT major Mphasis for Rs 6,697 crore through a block deal. Blackstone holds 55.45% in Mphasis. Mphasis specializes in cloud and digital solutions.
Are fears and panic around PSUs overblown? Sandip Sabharwal answers
Ideally, they should not be able to because like you rightly said, it is more commoditised. In fact, you look at the reason why did HDFC merge into HDFC Bank, because they realised that the margins are going to get squeezed and if they do not have a low-cost deposit franchise which supports the margin squeeze, that will become tougher.So, many of these housing finance companies sustain higher margins to develop financing, loan against property, etc, which are higher margin, but then also carry higher risk.
There can be both time wise and value wise correction in PSU stocks: Sandip Sabharwal
Consumer stocks are under-owned at this point of time. They have not given any returns for the last four-five years, leave aside something like a Godrej Consumer or a Tata Consumer which have been outliers and some stocks like Titan and all which have their own dynamics.
Deal activity dips 3 pc to USD 5 bn in May
Deal activity in May dropped by 3% to $5.023 billion. Mergers and acquisitions fell by 58%, but private equity deals rose by 49%. Largest deals include Google's $350 million investment in Flipkart and Manipal Health's majority acquisition of Medica Synergie.
Any further correction in India can spur FII flows: Chris Wood
A lot of the recovery has been the high end of the market. So, the key issue for this real estate market right now is that will the recovery broaden out and the other issue is will there be policy measures to promote the more affordable end of the housing market, that seems to me a possibility.
Surprised by today's market rebound; expect near term caution in capex-led themes: Chris Wood
I think it is a bit premature to assume that because you have still got the horse trading. I mean, clearly the base case is that the current government remains in power with coalition partners and that is not a disaster. But the reality is the great virtue of the last 10 years has been clear government, consistent policies, and not having to worry about horse trading between parties, which is always a feature of coalition governments.
Investors should start looking at value stocks with long-term perspective: Porinju Veliyath
We all were knowing, discussing in the last many-many months, we can just feel now it has come, whatever is the reason, so that correction is happening and I think it will be a healthy correction.
Rural consumption and exports should do well in next 5 years: Ravi Dharamshi
Honestly if you want to make money from a five years perspective, go where nobody is looking and consumption which includes discretionary as well as non-discretionary consumption and rural consumption and exports are two areas which I think should continue to do well.
EQT's growth fund to pursue deals of $50m-250m in India
EQT's $1.6 billion BPEA EQT Mid-Market Growth Partnership (MMG Fund) targets deals of $50 million-250 million in India, focusing on controlled investments in tech services, healthcare, and the financial sector, with a preference for single specialty hospitals, pharma, and diagnostics.
More PEs head to India armed with big money to bag deals
Growtheum Capital Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Singapore, is scheduled to inaugurate its Mumbai office this July, joining the growing list of PE investors in India. At the same time, US-based private equity firm Platinum Equity is evaluating investment opportunities across various sectors such as healthcare, technology, and infrastructure as it prepares to enter the Indian market.
Warburg Pincus brings home Shriram Housing Finance co with Rs 4,630 cr buyout
Largest Housing Finance M&A, the large buyout for the PE fund in India. Current management to stay at the helm. New brand name to be announced shortly.
PE fund Apax to step up India play with new team
The Apax strategy is more pivoted toward control deals, given its focus on being able to have a seat on the table to drive changes. It is, however, open to partnering with quality founders and management teams in minority settings "where there's a meeting of minds," Haldea said.
Indian PE, VC investments decline 35 pc to USD 39 billion in 2023: Report
In 2023, Indian PE and VC investments declined by 35% to USD 39 billion. PE dropped by 18% to USD 29.6 billion, and VC saw a sharper decline. The report highlighted global investment trends and a surge in exit values.
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