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Allegro partners with European i-bank Altium Capital
Allegro Advisors, a Bangalore-based investment bank, has formed a partnership with the European investment bank Altium Capital – one among ......
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PE-backed Grameen Koota in talks to raise over $9M in next round
Bangalore-headquartered microlender Grameen Koota is in talks to raise around Rs 50 crore ($9.4 million) in its next round of ......
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Malaysia's CIMB hires the top i-banking & institutional equities team of RBS India
Within months of calling off a proposed deal to buy a part of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in India ......
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Pre-IPO investors of SKS Microfinance hit part-exit button; investments still profitable
The private investors, who bet on SKS Microfinance before the firm’s successful stock market debut in 2010 and saw the ......
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Will listing of securitised debt help microlenders tap new investors?
Microfinance institutions (MFIs), which battled a regulatory crack down a couple of years ago, witnessed funding options dry out with ......
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Anup Rau of HDFC Life set to join as CEO of Reliance Life Insurance
Anup Rau, senior executive vice president at HDFC Life, is set to join Reliance Life Insurance as its chief executive ......
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Domestic corporate bond issues hit new high, up 40% in first nine months
Private placement of corporate bonds, which revived in FY12 after a flat FY11, is set to hit a new high ......
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PE-backed IndoStar to double asset size by end of FY13
Betting on big-ticket wholesale lending projects, IndoStar Capital Finance is expecting to close its asset book at Rs 2,000 crore ......
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Accion to invest up to $3M in voice authentication firm Uniphore
Global social investor Accion is looking to invest in Chennai-based voice authentication service provider Uniphore, two sources confirmed to VCCircle. ......
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Accion may invest around $25M in India from its new impact investment fund
Global social investor Accion is looking to deploy in India a third of its new early and growth-stage impact investment ......