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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19 March, 2026

Helion Ventures logs off from 16-year-old housing finance bet

Helion Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that raised three funds between 2006 and 2012 before its founders went ......

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Finance

19 March, 2026

Morgan Stanley PE making lacklustre exit move from India portfolio

Global financial services giant Morgan Stanley’s Asian private equity arm is pressing the exit button on a six-year-......

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17 March, 2026

Steadview Capital appoints Maneesh Menon as India director

Global hedge fund Steadview Capital has appointed former Eight Roads Ventures executive Maneesh Menon as director for ......

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16 March, 2026

Nippon Life India AIF gets $200-mn tag as DWS picking up 40% stake

German asset management company DWS Group is set to acquire a 40% stake in Nippon Life India AIF Management, a ......

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Finance

13 March, 2026

PAG-backed Nuvama ropes in senior exec for private credit foray

The Nuvama group, which is among the country’s top homegrown financial services providers, has appointed a senior ......

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Finance

12 March, 2026

ElementOne hits first close of maiden private credit fund of funds, inks debut deal

ElementOne Alternatives, which follows a fund-of-fund strategy in the private credit segment, has made its debut ......

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12 March, 2026

PE-backed Varthana to focus on school loans, trims student-financing book

ChrysCapital-backed Varthana Finance is focussing on scaling up its school financing portfolio to drive growth, ......

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Finance

11 March, 2026

DP Jindal Group set to shed stake in insurance joint venture

The DP Jindal Group, a steel pipe and tubes maker, is set to sell a stake in a general insurance ......

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Finance

10 March, 2026

How is Warburg Pincus placed as it starts monetising its biggest India bet?

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus intends to sell a minority stake in an Indian company it acquired less than two ......

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Finance

05 March, 2026

HDFC Bank unit taps offshore investor to raise fresh capital

HDB Financial Services, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank, has tapped an overseas investor for capital. The Mumbai-based non-......