With public markets in a slump and offering unattractive valuations, buyout firms are exploring private sales
Manipal Education and Medical Group Chairman Ranjan Pai has also secured a seat on Byju's subsidiary, Aakash
"India has the highest growth; it also has the most ebullient stock market," Joe Baratta, Blackstone's global head of private equity, said in an interview in Tokyo
Blackstone's investment commitment combining QCIL and KIMS is close to $1 bn
Blackstone will commit $1 billion in the hospital chain in India and hold over 75% in Care Hospitals, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said
Blackstone said its net profit from asset sales fell 36% to $259.4 mn, weighed down by higher interest rates and geopolitical tensions
Viacom, which runs TV channels and digital streaming platform JioCinema, competes with the likes of Walt Disney in India
The price represents a 3.8% discount to the exchange operator's previous close
Capital inflows to Blackstone Private Credit Fund, BCRED, rose 30% to $2.4 billion in the third quarter to date from the prior three months
Shares of Cipla closed at Rs 1,239 apiece on the BSE on Monday, with a market valuation of Rs 1 trillion
Realty Income, which owns more than 13,000 properties in the U.S. and Europe, is paying $300 million for the 22% stake in the casino and resort, the report said
The Blackstone Green Private Credit Fund III surpassed its $6 billion goal
"The numbers justify it, regrettably," the Blackstone Inc. chief executive officer said on CNBC Friday
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla is an integral part of the country's political, economic and social history and its "impending takeover" by Blackstone should sadden everyone. The Congress general secretary shared a media report on Twitter which claimed that Blackstone, the world's largest private equity fund, is set to submit a non-binding bid as early as next week to acquire the entire 33.47 per cent promoter stake in Cipla. "It was painful to learn that Blackstone, the world's largest private equity fund, is negotiating to acquire the entire 33.47% promoter stake in Cipla, India's oldest pharmaceutical company," Ramesh, who is the chairman of Parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and climate change, said. Cipla was established in 1935 by Khwaja Abdul Hamied, who was profoundly impacted by Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. He also played an important
BotLab was established in 2016 at the technology business incubator unit at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Cipla shares closed 9.6 per cent up on Thursday to Rs. 1,175
The company has hired an investment bank to advise on the deal, the report said
Private equity firms have risen to power major tracts of the US economy
Eyes 90% stake for about Rs 2,000 cr
Shares of Nexus Select Trust, a Blackstone Inc-backed Indian retail REIT, pre-opened 3% higher at 103 rupees in their trading debut on Friday