Prior to the deal, Sheares Healthcare India, an existing shareholder in Manipal Health Enterprises, held around 18 percent stake. Sheares manages a portfolio of healthcare delivery assets for Singapore-headquartered investment major Temasek.
M&A seems to be back on the growth path with about USD 4.6 billion across 50 transactions but growth has been coming from cross border activity, while the domestic M&A has been extremely sombre, said rashant Mehra, Partner, Grant Thornton.
According to the third edition of Grant Thornton's 'The Fourth Wheel' -- a publication on PE in India produced in association with IVCA, PE investment in India is growing steadily since 2009, and stood at over USD 12 billion in 2014 alone.
Goldman's investing and lending segment, which tracks its investments in private equity deals, publicly traded stocks, loans and bonds, produced nearly seven times as much revenue in the second quarter as in the same period last year, much more than analysts expected.