BUSINESS
Did IndiGo underplay the impact of FDTL norms in its investor communication?
IndiGo CFO Gaurav Negi, in a earning call on November 4, referred to the revised FDTL regime as a “scaled-down version” of the original proposal and guided only for a “slight uptick” in costs, while CEO Pieter Elbers told analysts that the airline had scaled up its fleet and operational plans to meet peak year-end demand.
BUSINESS
IndiGo market cap takes a Rs 25,000-crore hit amid flight cancellations
Before the disruptions started, IndiGo operated 2,200 flights a day, serving close to 380,000 passengers, making it the largest domestic carrier with a market share of around 65%
BUSINESS
NHAI picks 4 investments banks for Rs 8,000-crore InvIT IPO
This will be the second InvIT from NHAI, which operates a private InvIT, National Highways Infra Trust, which is anchored by global investors CPP Investments and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
BUSINESS
Domestic investors emerging as key infrastructure financiers, says EAAA CEO Chordia
Over the next decade, domestic capital will become as important as foreign capital in funding India’s infrastructure ambitions, Subahoo Chordia tells Moneycontrol
BUSINESS
Rupee’s slide past 90 may complicate PE exits, tighten return thresholds for global investors
A moderate level of rupee depreciation is typically factored into PE return models, but this year’s nearly 5% slide is much steeper and faster than expected.
BUSINESS
ARCs double down on India’s retail, SME loan distress
A prolonged clean-up of corporate balance sheets, competition from the government-backed so-called bad bank, and the sharp rise in stress within unsecured retail and small-business lending have together pushed ARCs into the non-corporate bad debt segment.
BUSINESS
Mehli Mistry steps down from Ratan Tata founded Small Animal Hospital
Mistry’s resignation from the hospital trust follows his ouster in October from the Tata Group’s main trusts — Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust — the two key entities that together hold a majority stake in Tata Sons.
BUSINESS
SP group promoter entity to redeem NCDs from HNIs, family offices
These non-convertible debentures (NCDs) are part of a bigger round of debt issuance of Rs 14,300 crore. A part of this debt issuance was sold down by banks and wealth managers to high-networth individuals and family offices.
BUSINESS
Overseas investments in stocks, real estate through LRS jumps over 50% to cross $2 billion in 2025
Latest Reserve Bank of India data shows that between January and September, LRS investments in real estate grew 80% to $350 million, while remittances into equity and debt instruments rose over 50% to $1.68 billion
BUSINESS
Motilal Oswal launches maiden private credit fund, targets Rs 3,000 crore
Motilal Oswal Alternates has raised over Rs 23,000 crore across 11 private equity and real estate strategies.
BUSINESS
Higher cover, structured hedging strategies: How India Inc is battling rupee depreciation, volatility
Exporters and importers are responding differently but both sides are accelerating hedge coverage, hedging their exposure using structured products and preferring shorter tenor hedges until policy and geopolitical backdrop stabilises
BUSINESS
IPOs generated $38 bn in OFS proceeds for promoters, investors — two-thirds of all money raised from IPOs in last 5 years
Large quantities of secondary share sales by company insiders are often viewed with caution in Indian markets, especially retail investors, but market experts said the pattern is an outcome of a maturing capital-market system rather than a distortion.
BUSINESS
Brookfield REIT picks investment banks for Rs 3,500-cr QIP
Brookfield REIT shareholders will vote on the acquisition and the share sale on November 28 at the company’s extraordinary general meeting.
BUSINESS
Global investors backing India’s private credit story at scale: Ascertis’ Kanchan Jain
"Ten years ago, everyone wanted to do special or distressed situations. But the fact that we have a $520 million first close, with a majority of it global, in a performing credit strategy shows how LPs are now looking at India with a more nuanced lens," said Jain..
BUSINESS
IHC’s $1-bn acquisition of Sammaan Capital in focus following SC directives: Experts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Sebi to probe the allegations of irregularities
BUSINESS
Wealthy investors shift from MFs, PMS to Cat-III AIFs in hedge against volatility
This shift towards AIFs is a relative movement of capital away from traditional, long-only products such as mutual funds and PMS into hedge-style, long-short, quant and absolute-return funds, that offer lower volatility, downside protection and more stable returns.
BUSINESS
Essar Group seeks foreign capital to fund green energy ambitions
Investment bank Avendus Capital is advising Essar Group on the fundraise.
BUSINESS
India Inc’s cash buffer shrinks first time in three years, debt rises in a sign of private capex revival
This is the first time in three years since September 2022 that India Inc’s cash reserves have seen a decline. Manufacturing, heavy machinery and infrastructure remain at the core of this capex cycle
BUSINESS
Missing $533 million was "roundtripped" back to Byju Raveendran, affiliates: alleges Delaware court filing; Byju's denies allegations
In November 2021, the company raised $1.2 billion Term Loan B through its US financing vehicle, Byju’s Alpha. The money was intended to fuel large international acquisitions and rapid scaling. By mid-2023, lenders alleged major breaches of the credit agreement.
BUSINESS
Brookfield contemplating IPO of natural gas pipeline InvIT
Energy Infrastructure Trust operates the country’s first bi-directional natural gas pipeline, a 1,485 km corridor connecting gas-producing fields on the east coast with key industrial and urban markets in the west.
BUSINESS
Adani Enterprises' Rs 25,000 crore rights issue to fund airports, roads, new energy ventures
Adani Enterprises' rights issue will open for existing shareholders on November 17. The company has lined up a sizeable capital-expenditure pipeline which is expected to reach Rs 36,000 crore for the full year.
BUSINESS
WeWork India to launch GCC-focused workspace solution as demand surges
The move comes even as the global tech slowdown shows little sign of dampening demand from multinational corporations or Indian enterprises
BUSINESS
Edelweiss Alternatives planning to file for Rs 2,500-crore IPO of roads InvIT next month
With its InvIT IPO plans, EAAA joins others like KKR and I Squared Capital, which are planning to take their InvITs public, as well as the National Highways Authority of India.
BUSINESS
Tech IPO boom to unleash a wave of luxury real estate buying
As stock market euphoria turns many first-generation entrepreneurs and startup employees into crorepatis, wealth managers say this liquidity surge could reshape demand in India’s premium housing segment, particularly in tech-heavy hubs such as Bengaluru, Gurugram, Pune, and Hyderabad.
