coronavirus
Finance
Dark clouds hanging over India Inc scatter at a faster pace
A sliding economy took a toll on India Inc before the coronavirus made things worse in April-June. Corporate results started...
Finance
Flashback 2020: Coronavirus drags M&A, private deal volumes to five-year lows
The number of private investments and mergers and acquisitions dropped to the lowest in at least five years during 2020 ......
Markets
Flashback 2020: Equity fundraising hits record in volatile year for stock markets
India Inc.’s equity fundraising from capital markets surged to an all-time high in 2020 as companies rushed to raise capital...
Infrastructure
Flashback 2020: Office assets defy work-from-home to emerge as real estate winners
Despite the pandemic, real estate recorded impressive capital flow in 2020 on the back of big-ticket deals by private equity ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: How three PE trends gained momentum in virus-scarred year
Faced with new realities in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, private equity firms challenged established dealmaking...
General
Flashback 2020: M&A dealmakers try their best to keep at it but pandemic messes around
The overall value of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India rose almost 15% even as the total number of deals ......
TMT
Flashback 2020: Tech sizzles in hard times, Reliance soaks up telecom glory
Coronavirus helped telecom and technology emerge as some of the hottest private equity investment destinations in 2020 even as...
Consumer
Flashback 2020: Virus forces all shoppers online, escalates three-way e-tail battle
Coronavirus induced an initial lockdown in India in March, starting a forced large-scale consumer experiment like no other as...
Economy
Flashback 2020: A limping economy and high human cost in a year best forgotten
As the year 2020 began, few would have imagined that the world would literally be thrown into the biggest crisis ......
Healthcare
Why the virtual doctor may entice patients and PE even after the virus is gone
The pandemic has smashed all barriers to telemedicine making the healthcare category an attractive proposition for big-bulge PE...