Tuesday, February 26, 2008

PE deals outnumber M&A transactions in Jan 2008: Study

February 25 - The Financial Express - Private equity placements are finding favour with India Inc with the number of such transactions surpassing that of merger and acquisition deals in the first month of this year.

Indian Companies announced as many as 60 private equity deals as against 56 M&A transactions, according to the data compiled by global consultancy firm Grant Thornton. However, the total value of PE deals was lower at 2.05 billion dollars compared to 3.01 billion dollars in M&As transactions. Read More.

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