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.

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Will focus on the 15-16% IRR segment: Modulus Alts CEO Sandeep Agarwal

Finance

27 February, 2026

Will focus on the 15-16% IRR segment: Modulus Alts CEO Sandeep Agarwal

Former UBS AG India head Sandeep Agarwal took over operations at Centrum-backed Modulus Alternatives last month. Since ......

Finance

26 February, 2026

Motilal Oswal Alts marks first close of maiden private credit fund

Motilal Oswal Alternates (MO Alts), the alternative investment arm of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, has completed ......

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Finance

26 February, 2026

Clermont-controlled SBFC Finance taps new offshore investor for capital

SBFC Finance Ltd, the Indian non-bank lender majority owned by New Zealand-born billionaire Richard Chandler’s ......

TMT

25 February, 2026

PE-backed BillDesk to acquire Wordline's India payment ops

BillDesk, a payment gateway company backed by private equity firms TA Associates and General Atlantic, has struck a deal......

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Finance

25 February, 2026

Lenskart, Delhivery backer Steadview Capital plans maiden India-registered PE fund

Global hedge fund Steadview Capital Management is planning to launch its maiden India-registered private equity fund, ......

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Infrastructure

23 February, 2026

Exponent One eyes geographic expansion into major cities

Exponent One, the recently launched financing arm of Exponent Energy, is focussing on geographic expansion. ......

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Finance

19 February, 2026

InCred Group ropes in PE investor for new unit

The Mumbai-based InCred Group, which operates across non-bank lending, investment banking, wealth management and ......

Finance

19 February, 2026

JM Financial Asset Management floats maiden pre-IPO fund

JM Financial Asset Management has launched its first pre-IPO category II alternative investment fund with a corpus of Rs......

Finance

18 February, 2026

Private credit investments rose 35% in 2025 on policy rate expectations, unmet demand

Deployments by private credit firms rose 35% year-on-year(y-o-y) to $12.4 billion in the calendar year 2025, aided by ......

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Finance

16 February, 2026

Mufin Green parent taps VC fund, family office for funding

Hindon Mercantile, the parent of non-bank lender Mufin Green Finance, is looking to raise Rs 42.8 crore (around $5 ......