Baiju Kalesh
Stories by Baiju Kalesh
India: PE firm Blackstone’s buyout of Coffee Day’s tech park stalls
Yes Bank, one of Coffee Day’s creditors, hasn’t approved the deal.
India: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani in talks to sell news media assets to Times Group
Asia’s richest man plans to unload a business that’s been losing money.
PE firms scout for bargains amid India’s shadow bank crisis
Private equity firms have invested about $2 billion this year in the country’s non-bank financing sector, which is worth some $40 billion.
Blackstone’s Aadhar Housing to exit small-builder financing business
RBI this week seized Dewan Housing, which held controlling stake in Aadhar before selling it to Blackstone in June.
Goldman India co-head slated to retire after 21 years
Vijay Karnani joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 as an associate in equity capital markets.
Blackstone, K Raheja pick more banks for Indian REIT IPO
A successful debut would mark India’s second REIT after the listing of Embassy Office Parks REIT in April.
TPG said to pause Shriram Capital stake sale due to valuation concerns
The PE firm's plan to sell its 10% stake has been held back, and will likely resume only as soon as the next financial year starting in April.
India: Blackstone plans to invest $209m in JV with Allcargo Logistics
Blackstone is expanding into logistics in India to tap the growing demand for warehouses as companies including Amazon.com and Walmart spend billions
India’s Bajaj Finance picks banks to arrange share sale of $1b
The Indian shadow lender has picked banks such as Nomura Holdings Inc. and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, among others.
Aditya Birla Group hires top deal-makers from StanChart, Goldman
The Group appointed StanChart dealmaker Sandeep Agrawal as head of corporate finance responsible for M&As and capital raising.
