Blackstone
Finance
Carlyle raises $3.1 bn for maiden credit fund
The Carlyle Group has raised $3.1 billion for its debut credit fund, joining peers such as Blackstone and KKR in ......
Infrastructure
Blackstone buys L&T Realty's office building in Mumbai
One of the biggest owners of commercial real estate in the country, Blackstone Group, has acquired an office building in ......
General
Grapevine: Buyout funds circle Wockhardt; Comcast consortium eyes Zee Entertainment
Buyout funds Apax Partners, Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR are in talks with Wockhardt Ltd, one of India’s oldest drug makers, ......
General
Grapevine: Blackstone eyes Reliance Group HQ; Warburg, Temasek in race for SBI General
Reliance Group chief Anil Ambani is looking to either sell or give on long-term lease his headquarters at Santacruz in ......
General
Grapevine: GIC, Carlyle among front runners for SBI General; Brookfield eyes Suzlon
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and five private equity firms have been shortlisted to buy a 26% stake in SBI ......
Investor Bulletin
Podcast: M&A moves in financial services; flurry of VC deals
There were some big-ticket transactions this week as mortgage lender HDFC agreed to acquire a 51.2% stake in Apollo Munich ......
Finance
Blackstone chief Stephen Schwarzman donates $188 mn to Oxford University
The head of private equity firm Blackstone has pledged 150 million pounds ($188.37 million) to Oxford University, the biggest single ......
Infrastructure
South Korean firm leads race to buy prime Mumbai office property
A South Korean company is in an advanced stage of discussion to buy a prime property in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex ......
VCCircle Insight
Podcast: How top PE firms, other big investors are seeing money in impact investment
Singapore state investment firm Temasek and a number of marquee private equity firms are working towards delivering a double bottom ......
Finance
DHFL completes Aadhar Housing sale to Blackstone, pays some dues
Indian mortgage lender Dewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd (DHFL) said it has paid the interest and principal on certain debt ......
