Mergers And Acquisitions

Healthy profits are no longer translating into factories and machinery. Instead, companies are committing capital towards inorganic and overseas expansions as weak domestic demand, spare capacity and global uncertainty delay India's next private investment cycle.

The acquisition underscores Singapore-based Everstone’s push to back global manufacturing and engineering businesses with significant operations in India and Asia.

A lack of alternative exit routes for private equity firms and the need for sovereign wealth funds to rebalance their portfolios are fueling open-market trades.

Faster approvals reduce uncertainty and risk, enable quicker deal closures and capital deployment, lower costs, and improve deal certainty, making transactions more efficient and investor-friendly

Over the past two years, several multinational corporations have listed their India subsidiaries, including Hyundai and LG, marking a revival in such listings after a lull since 2007, when companies such as Oracle, Maruti Suzuki, Idea Cellular and MindTree Consulting tapped the public markets.

Private equity firm LeapFrog Investments clarifies its stand on portfolio exits, emphasizing block deals, mergers, acquisitions, and public listings as primary paths for capital return.

After a rapid expansion drive, Ambuja Cements is pivoting to a value-over-volume strategy—focusing on utilization, premium products and cost cuts to boost margins and returns.