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Funds are finding it increasingly difficult to raise money from Limited Partners, after the past two years of global crisis and under performance, be it VC or PE funds. LPs are unhappy about the way things are being managed so far, including the opacity and general lack of control ...

Vipin Sharma, CEO of Access Development Services speaks about micro finance institutions and the need of microfinance institutions to move from creating financial capital to social capital.

The extraordinary rally in the rupee — it gained nearly 5 per cent in 10 days till October 8 — has once again shown up most people as rabbits frozen in the headlights of the future.

VJ Menezes of New Silk Route Partners - an Asia focused growth capital PE firm managing $1.4 bn through New Silk Route PE Asia Fund -spoke to MINT in an interview

Companies that raised funds in the first quarter of the current financial year preferred to do so through issue of bonds and commercial paper due to uncertainties in the capital market and banks’ reluctance to lend short-term funds.

Promoters’ equity holding in top six real estate companies fell between 4% and 31% over a one year period ended June 30, 2009, on account of stake sale, sale of pledged shares by lenders and issue of fresh shares to institutional investors.

Tata Communications's $2 Bn capex plans are quickly loosing debt options and other miracles will have to be worked out.

Investors could see some good arbitrage opportunities coming their way, as foreign parents of many multinational companies (MNCs) are expected to hike their holdings in Indian subsidiaries through open offers, feel investment bankers.

Only two property companies bid for the National Textile Corporation (NTC)’s Finlay Mill land in Central Mumbai, indicating prolonged slowdown in the property market and negative investor sentiment in real estate.