Ajay Ramanathan

Ajay writes on the banking, financial services, and insurance segment. He is keen on analysing the multi-fold impact of any news development, and putting it across in the long-form.

Centrum-backed Modulus Alts hires former UBS exec as CEO

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07 January, 2026

Centrum-backed Modulus Alts hires former UBS exec as CEO

Private credit investor Modulus Alternatives has appointed former UBS AG executive Sandeep Agarwal as its chief ......

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Finance

07 January, 2026

Bottomline: Livfin struggles as NPAs soar, CEO and key investor exit

Non-bank lender Livfin India Pvt Ltd’s bad loans surged to dangerous levels and assets under management shrunk ......

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Finance

06 January, 2026

SBI Funds Management kicks off IPO process, appoints bankers

​SBI Funds Management Ltd, the largest fund house in India and the asset manager for SBI Mutual Fund, has set ......

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Finance

06 January, 2026

IPO-bound Aye Finance taps offshore investor

Aye Finance, which is backed by a clutch of private equity firms and venture capital firms and which last April ......

Finance

05 January, 2026

Warburg, Kedaara, Mubadala double down on Avanse Financial

Private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Kedaara Capital as well as Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala have doubled......

Finance

05 January, 2026

HDFC AMC forays into private credit, taps IFC for maiden fund's first close

HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd, which provides mutual fund and portfolio management services, has entered the private......

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Finance

02 January, 2026

PE firm Access Asset's founders on investment strategy, valuations, and more

Mumbai-based private equity firm Access Asset Managers sold its minority stake in procurement technology firm Beroe ......

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Finance

31 December, 2025

Temasek's Fullerton hikes stake in Lendingkart even as legal woes loom

Temasek-operated Fullerton Financial Holdings(FIH) has infused additional capital in Lendingkart Technologies, hiking ......

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Finance

30 December, 2025

Flashback 2025: Top investment banks for PE-VC and M&A deals in India

Domestic investment banks continued to lead the charts for private equity and venture capital transactions in 2025, ......

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Finance

29 December, 2025

Flashback 2025: Japanese, UAE capital powers top banking, financial services deals

The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector emerged as one of the most active dealmaking arenas in 2025......