Argonaut Venture, a private equity firm, has picked up a 2.3% stake in Shriram EPC from the open markets. The firm, through Argonaut Ventures Opportunities Fund, picked up the stake in a single bulk deal for around Rs 18.5 crore. The stake has been sold..

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Indian companies are returning to the overseas debt markets as record low interest rates, improved risk appetite and rebounding investor confidence enable them to raise money more cheaply than at home. Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) this month...

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Prizm Payments, a Chennai-based technology infrastructure provider in electronic payments space, has acquired the point-of-sales (POS) platform of Reliance Money in an all-cash deal. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. The deal allows...

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Private equity firm SAIF Partners has exited its investments in IT services firm MindTree Ltd and engineering firm Thermax Ltd, earning returns of over 2x in both deals. The Asia-focused private equity firm completed the exit in MindTree on Thursday,...

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US-based Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has entered into an agreement with Citi to provide up to $250 million in microfinance funding in emerging markets.  OPIC will risk participate in Citi originated and funded local currency...

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