Private equity 2012: Has India lost its sheen?

MoneyControl.Com 14 May 2012 The Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) held its conclave in New Delhi to celebrate 10 years of private equity and venture capital in India. CNBC-TV18’s Young Turks team was present at the occasion to get a...

Quikr attracts private equity investment worth $32 mn

ZeeNews.India.Com 22 May 2012 New Delhi: Quikr, the internet and mobile based classified ads firm, has raised USD 32 million (Rs 176 crore) from overseas investors including Warburg Pincus in the fifth round of funding. Other private equity investors were Matrix...

Trends on the Russian M&A Market: Theory vs. Practice

Moscow Times 22 May 2012 by Troika Dialog The start of 2012 was pretty gloomy for M&A bankers; 2011 had just finished on a very uncertain note, and politicians in Europe were unable to plug the stream of bad news about the European crisis. And although it was not...

Siberia Air May Be for Sale

Moscow Times 24 May 2012 The husband and wife owners of Siberia Airlines have put their stake in the company up for sale, a source in the airline industry told Interfax. He said Vladislav and Natalya Filev mandated financial institutions to sell their shares....

Canada’s Fairfax Financial wins auction for Thomas Cook India

FinanceAsia 23 May 2012 British travel company Thomas Cook accepts $150 million bid from Fairfax Financial for its Indian business. Thomas Cook agreed yesterday morning to sell its entire 77% stake in its Indian unit to Fairbridge Capital, a subsidiary of Canada’s...