Data showed that Indian real estate sector saw $4.3 billion (Rs 35,600 crore) private equity investments during 2024, reflecting a 10 percent increase year-on-year. PE investments in the real estate sector in 2023 stood at $3.9 billion (around Rs 33,500 crore).
On a sequential basis, fund inflows declined 43.5 per cent from USD 6.80 billion in the June quarter and a massive 77.5 per cent from USD17.05 billion in the September 2021 quarter, according to the data collated by Refinitiv, an arm of the London Stock Exchange Group and a leading provider of financial markets data.
PE investments in real estate stood at USD 6.3 billion in the 2020-21 financial year.
"Not even five years ago, in 2013, USD 8 billion was the figure for PE capital that got invested during the entire year. Exceeding that in just one quarter, shows the extent of the confidence bounce back among investors for the Indian PE asset class, as well as in the macro environment," Venture Intelligence CEO Arun Natarajan said.
Increased investments would boost supply of retail space and it is estimated that about 90 shopping malls would come into the market by 2022 at major cities, it added.
According to assurance, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton, there were 59 PE transactions worth USD 1.3 billion in March this year, while in the corresponding period last year it stood at USD 888 million by way of 70 deals.
According to deal tracker Venture Intelligence, the investment value is 39 per cent higher than the previous high of USD 17.1 billion (recorded in 2015) and 55 per cent higher than USD 15.4 billion invested during 2016.
PE and VC investments touched USD 3.1 billion in May, the highest monthly investments in last 10 years, mainly driven by the Paytm-Softbank transaction.
According to early data from Venture Intelligence, private equity investments in the first quarter of this year rose 36 per cent on a year-on-year basis and 23 per cent over the previous quarter (October- December 2016).
Private equity investments in 2016 hit USD 15.2 billion, making it the second-most successful one after 2015 that saw deals worth USD 17.3 billion materialising, says a report.
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Private equity deals worth USD 1.89 billion were announced in April, registering a marginal decline over the same month last year, even as the average deal size witnessed an increase, says a Grant Thornton report.
According to the report, PE investments (excluding real estate deals) till December 14, this year stood at USD 17.5 billion, registering a jump of 34 percent over calender year 2014, which saw USD 13 billion invested across 560 deals.
The value of mergers & acquisitions (M&As) was USD 4.4 billion in the January-March quarter of 2014. Private Equity investment in Q1, 2015 witnessed a year- on-year jump of 30 percent to USD 2.6 billion.
Having invested USD 1.3 billion so far in the country, Bain Capital may plow in about USD 3 billion more if it sees good opportunities, top India managers of the private-equity major told CNBC-TV18 in an interview.
Going ahead, experts feel the IT and ITes sector will continue to be the darling of private equity players, followed by e-commerce and pharma companies.
After a dismal first quarter of the calendar year, private equity (PE) investments in the April-June quarter this year have more than doubled to USD 2.3 billion through 82 deals, a PwC report says.
Despite continued global economic slowdown, the luxury market in India is pegged to grow at 25 per cent in 2013 till 2015 and likely to touch USD 15 billion from the current level of USD 8 billion, according to a joint study by Assocham and Yes Bank.
While PE investments have been taking a beating, healthcare ventures are still looking attractive for equity players. Goldman Sachs today invested Rs 220 crore in Bangalore-based firm reports CNBC-TV18's Shreya Roy.
CG Srividya, Partner at Grant Thornton India tells CNBC-TV18, there is a considerable decline in domestic M&A activity but there are a few surprises sector-wise as well.