Financial services
Bain, Carlyle in shortlist for PCCW stake after first round of bidding
30 August 2008
Lehman plans to layoff 1,500
29 August 2008
Aditya Birla Group acquires majority stake in brokerage firm Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments
28 August 2008
Temasek announces record profit, fears spread of credit crisis
27 August 2008
GE Capital to delist transportation financial services arm
26 August 2008
Korean regulator restrains KDB over Lehman deal
25 August 2008
US state of Indiana accuses mortgage lender Countrywide of deceiving customers
25 August 2008
VCs favour advertising start-ups in India: DowJones report
23 August 2008
Korea Development Bank eyeing Lehman Bros
23 August 2008
Goldman Sachs reduces earnings estimates for major Wall Street banks
20 August 2008
Lehman Brothers may go for $4 billion write-down in Q3, feel JPMorgan analysts
20 August 2008
Tata Capital ties up with Mitsubishi UFJ
13 August 2008
Morgan Stanley joins Citigroup, UBS and Merrill in buying back auction-rate securities
12 August 2008
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Lok Capital invest in Kolkata micro finance firm
11 August 2008
RBS to sell $8 billion of discounted loans to PE firms
11 August 2008
Government to revise norms for venture capitalists
07 August 2008
CBaySystems acquires majority stake in MedQuist from Philips
07 August 2008
Tata Capital appoints Shailendra Bhandari as head, private equity
05 August 2008
Anil Ambani enters private equity space with his REAL company
04 August 2008
Carlyle Group forced to liquidate sole hedge fund Blue Wave Partners
02 August 2008
Google contemplates separate venture capital arm
31 July 2008
Siemens divests SEN to private US equity group, Gores
30 July 2008
Temasek takes a 10-per cent stake in Merrill Lynch for $900 million
29 July 2008
Private equity giant KKR to go public
28 July 2008
China vetoes Carlyle’s acquisition of machinery maker Xugong Group
25 July 2008
Dr Reddy’s to buy back Perlecan Pharma stake from ICICI Ventures and Citigroup
22 July 2008
Inmarsat stock declines in London after Harbinger breaks off takeover talks
21 July 2008
US equity firms shop for stake in Huawei unit
21 July 2008
FIIs queuing up for Citi’s HDFC stake; HDFC says Citi not selling
17 July 2008
Venture capital flows to India slightly down at $158 million in April-June
15 July 2008
Citi may sell stake in HDFC
12 July 2008
UAE fund completes purchase of majority stake in New York’s Chrysler Building
10 July 2008
Goldman Sachs predicts Indian incomes to become world-class by 2030
10 July 2008
Fed to keep investment banks under its wings for another year
09 July 2008
NBC ties up with private equity partners to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5 billion
09 July 2008
Hedge fund Harbinger makes multi-billion dollar bid for satellite operator Inmarsat
09 July 2008
PPG to sell controlling interest in auto glass business to Kohlberg & Company
09 July 2008
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Cleantech Fund and London's Virgin Green Fund acquire US waste recyler DuraTherm
08 July 2008
Merrill to sell its 20 per cent stake in Bloomberg LP; calls on Michael Bloomberg: report
05 July 2008
Funds dry up venture capital firms: report
02 July 2008
Fortune 500 lender CIT Group sells off units for $1.8 billion to exit home lending
02 July 2008
NHB to set up mortgage guarantee corporation, raise Rs11,000 crore from public
28 June 2008
Bank of America-Countrywide merger to cost 7,500 jobs
27 June 2008
Singapore fund to buy 25.4 per cent in S Kumar's Reid & Taylor for Rs900 crore
25 June 2008
Goldman's Global Alpha Fund up 19 per cent after record erosion in 2007
25 June 2008
Lone Star chief cleared of stock manipulation, may accelerate HSBC purchase of KEB
24 June 2008
Ospraie-led investor gropup acquires ConAgra Trade Group; supplemental share buyback authorised
24 June 2008
Struggling Norwegian newsprint maker Norske Skog sells two Korean paper mills to PE funds
24 June 2008
Sub prime crisis: FBI arrests two ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers
19 June 2008
Wall Street resists tougher oil futures legislation as regulators in the US, UK agree to impose limits
19 June 2008
VCs bet strongly on business networking site LinkedIn, value it $1 billion
19 June 2008
Morgan Stanley’s earnings drop 57 per cent in second quarter as compared to 2007
19 June 2008
Providence private equity group tries for Informa after merger talks with UBM fall through
19 June 2008
Private equity firm Accel-KKR sponsors software acquisitions arm
18 June 2008
Goldman Sachs confuses analysts with better-than-expected quarterly results
18 June 2008
SocGen private banking arm buys 37 per cent in Rockefeller Financial Services
17 June 2008
Goldman Sachs targets 40-fold growth in India
17 June 2008
Abu Dhabi fund looking to buy New York’s iconic Chrysler Building for $800 million
13 June 2008
Financial crisis claims jobs of Lehman CFO and COO
12 June 2008
Citigroup to shut down Vikram Pandit’s hedge fund Old Lane Partners
12 June 2008
Goldman Sachs buys 93,000 German apartments for $1.2 billion to give out on rent
12 June 2008
SEBI raises FII investment limit in bonds to $200 million
07 June 2008
Lehman Brothers may raise additional $5 billion in capital
07 June 2008
GMAC manages to tie up $60 billion financing for mortgage unit
05 June 2008
CVC buys over 25 per cent stake in Evonik for $3.71 billion
05 June 2008
RBI bars Sahara from accepting deposits
04 June 2008
Carlyle's third property fund raises record $3.4 billion
03 June 2008
S&P cuts Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch ratings, spares Goldman Sachs
03 June 2008
GE Commercial Finance and Spain’s Banco Santander to swap $1.6 billion of assets
03 June 2008
UAE's Ithmar Capital to raise $1 billion for buy-outs
28 May 2008
Reliance Money goes to China
28 May 2008
Chemtura in talks with PE firms Blackstone, Apollo
28 May 2008
Geojit exits commodities businesses for acquisition by BNP
24 May 2008
Obrem stays on after failure of proxy campaign at Micrel
23 May 2008
VC investment in India down 27 per cent in Q1: Dow Jones VentureSource
23 May 2008
Providence invests Rs2,700 crore in Idea Cellular subsidiary Aditya Birla Telecom
23 May 2008
Private equity firm Carlyle Group acquires government business of Booz Allen Hamilton for $2.54 billion
19 May 2008
SKS Microfinance gets 9001: 2000 certification for internal audit processes
19 May 2008
HSBC to acquire 73.21 per cent stake in brokerage IL&FS for Rs1000 crore
17 May 2008
Tata Investment Corporation to raise Rs723 crore in rights bonds
17 May 2008
IFC invests $45 million in Standard Chartered Bank initiative for micro-finance sector in Asia and Africa
16 May 2008
Leveraged buyout firm Blackstone reports quarterly loss of $251 million
16 May 2008
Power Finance Corporation to get $800 million credit facility from US Exim Bank
15 May 2008
Baring Private Equity raises $1.52 billion in largest regional growth equity fund in Asia
14 May 2008
Tata Capital to provide full spectrum merchant banking services
13 May 2008
Morgan Stanley global infrastructure fund exceeds target $2.5-billion target; closes at $4 billion
12 May 2008
Private equity firm First Reserve invests $300 million in ethanol production
08 May 2008
Merrill Lynch chief John Thain finds India the top investment destination
08 May 2008
India’s high domestic demand immune to US slowdown: Merrill Lynch's John Thain
08 May 2008
UBS under US investigation for tax evasion; senior executive detained
07 May 2008
UBS reports $11.4 billion Q1 loss, may cut over 8,000 jobs
05 May 2008
Berkshire Hathway's Q1 net plunges 64 per cent to $940 million
03 May 2008
UK's Brown bats for free flow of capital
02 May 2008
Carlyle Group ranked world's largest PE firm by Private Equity International
01 May 2008
Babcock forms India investment team, eyes $2 billion assets
30 April 2008
Blackstone Real Estate Partners to invest in property development firm Synergy
28 April 2008
CVC Capital to buy 73 per cent in Dutch retailer Schuitema for $1.1 billion
24 April 2008
Private equity firm TPG divests leather products maker Bally
23 April 2008
Warburg Pincus raises $15 billion in new fund; exceeds target
23 April 2008
At $4 billion PE investments India outpaces China's $570 million in Q1 2008
22 April 2008
VC investments slow down in 2008
22 April 2008
Reliance Money ties up with BSE, BBA to launch bullion trading platform
21 April 2008
Merrill Lynch posts deep quarterly loss; to cut 10 per cent of workforce
17 April 2008
Corporation Bank launches national electronic funds transfer through ATMs
16 April 2008
Break up UBS, says ex-CEO and big investor
07 April 2008
Carbon credit advisory firm Emergent Ventures India raises private equity finance from IDFC
07 April 2008
ECI raises Rs 100 crore of private equity capital from Sabre Capital
05 April 2008
SREI Infrastructure - BNP Paribas venture
04 April 2008
Citibank aims targeted offering at expatriates
03 April 2008
US Fed clears JP Morgan's acquisition of Bear Stearns bank
02 April 2008
Fidelity to use online media to market mutual funds; launches Fidelity Online
02 April 2008
Religare-AEGON venture gets IRDA nod for life insurance business
01 April 2008
Zurich Financial to buy-50 per cent stake in Can Soluciones Integrales; completes TEB Sigorta acquisition in Turkey
01 April 2008
American Express acquires GE Money unit for $1.1 billion
28 March 2008
Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsubishi UFJ to set up $ 1-billion PE fund
28 March 2008
Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers take lower than expected hits
19 March 2008
Bear troubles and fears
18 March 2008
Kishore Biyani’s Future Capital Holdings acquires majority stakes in two Centrum Capital group companies
18 March 2008
JPMorgan Chase acquires Bear Stearns for $2 per share
17 March 2008
US Fed bails out Bear Sterns through JPMorgan Chase
15 March 2008
US regulators propose tough new rules for mortgage market
14 March 2008
Sub prime crisis end in sight says S&P; raises write-down estimates to $285 billion
14 March 2008
Carlyle heads for liquidation as creditors refuse bailout
14 March 2008
Carlyle Capital in default, faces liquidation
13 March 2008
RFCL acquires two European companies
13 March 2008
JPMorgan sees a tightening of money market liquidity
11 March 2008
Helion Venture Partners announces second India fund of $210 million
11 March 2008
Maruti, Shriram in rural car finance deal
11 March 2008
Global financial institutions take a $215 billion sub prime hit: Japanese regulator
10 March 2008
FBI probes Countrywide's financial practices
10 March 2008
Carlyle Group faces default on $21.7-billion sub prime assets
07 March 2008
Thomas Cook Group acquires controlling stake in Thomas Cook India, Middle East operations
07 March 2008
GE invests in hybrid car, lithium ion battery companies
06 March 2008
Reliance Capital enters microfinance market
03 March 2008
EU, US seek assurances from sovereign funds
27 February 2008
SMEs in India to be funded by Soros, Omidyar, Google.org initiative
22 February 2008
Bain calls off 3Com deal as US objects to Chinese stake
21 February 2008
Blackstone picks up 10.38 per cent in Allcargo Global Logistics
20 February 2008
Tata Capital signs alliance pact with Japan's Mizuho Securities
15 February 2008
Atherstone Capital launches new market indices for BRIC nations
14 February 2008
Morgan Stanley to cut 1,000 jobs worldwide
14 February 2008
Morgan Stanley launches its second India fund
08 February 2008
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to invest $250 million in Airtel subsidiary Bharti Infratel
06 February 2008
Tyfone closes funding deal with India's Ojas Venture Partners
05 February 2008
UBS may take a $3.5 billion 2007 loss
30 January 2008
Standard Chartered ups the ante with ‘cardless cash withdrawal’
30 January 2008
Core and infrastructure sectors dominate Deal Street in 2007: IndusView
30 January 2008
Kellwood agrees to $762-million Sun Capital offer
30 January 2008
VC firms invest over $540 million in India during 2007
29 January 2008
Financial sector downturn tests bank creditworthiness: S&P
18 January 2008
NYLIM Jacob Ballas India Fund takes 1 per cent pre-IPO stake in Mahindra Holidays for $10.06 million
16 January 2008
Northern Rock sells $4.3 billion of assets to J P Morgan to repay Bank of England
12 January 2008
Merrill Lynch to keep World Financial Centre base as new CEO John Thain starts clean-up
09 January 2008
RBI sets underwriting commitment for primary dealers at bond auctions
09 January 2008
GE, Blackstone face termination of deal by PHH
02 January 2008
Merrill Lynch seen cutting 1,600 jobs after Q4 write-downs
28 December 2007
Global investors invest $1 billion in Bharti Infratel
28 December 2007
“Decoupling” strategy faces sterner test in 2008 as growth pessimism deepens: Merrill Lynch survey
24 December 2007
GE Capital acquires Merrill Lynch lending business
24 December 2007
Singapore's Orient Global to invest $141 million in India Infoline, insurance subsidiary
24 December 2007
Advantage Partners to buy out Tokyo Star Bank for $2.2 billion
22 December 2007
Merrill may get $5 billion investment from Singapore’s Temasek
22 December 2007
After Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns reports first quarterly loss in 80 years; Who next?
21 December 2007
Morgan Stanley, Lehman, Goldman Sachs vie for stake in Japan’s Daito
21 December 2007
Morgan Stanley posts first quarterly loss in 72 years; Sells stake to China
20 December 2007
Barclays Bank sues Bear Stearns for fund collapse
20 December 2007
Goldman Sachs beats expectations on Q4 earnings
19 December 2007
Citigroup Venture Capital India hikes stake in JBF Industries
18 December 2007
European Commission to rule MasterCard fee illegal: report
17 December 2007
Tata, Orix in takeover talks with British investment bank: report
15 December 2007
Red Fort Capital to float domestic realty fund
13 December 2007
Parsvnath to enter Asset management
12 December 2007
IDG Ventures India invests $2.5 million in iViZ, security product company founded by IIT Kharagpur Alumni
11 December 2007
Ex-Morgan Stanley analyst, husband, get 18 months in jail for insider trading
05 December 2007
Florida state fund sings the sub-prime blues
05 December 2007
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae to raise capital, cut dividend
05 December 2007
Bear Stearns will cut 650 more jobs worldwide
30 November 2007
US subprime mortgage losses may touch $300 billion: OECD
22 November 2007
Fortis acquires 76 per cent in Australia's Capital Market Solutions
21 November 2007
Capital One, NetSpend not to go ahead with acquisition plan
21 November 2007
Australian micro finance company to aid a million Indian small businesses
19 November 2007
Blackstone to invest $65 million in Hyderabad-based nuclear, aerospace sector vendor MTAR
17 November 2007
Lending money in the course of business not illegal, rules supreme court
17 November 2007
Sanjay Dhawan appointed president and COO of KKR and Sequoia company, Aricent
16 November 2007
Butler Capital Partners to acquire Lagardere stake in Virgin France
16 November 2007
E*Trade CEO rules out bankruptcy: CNBC
16 November 2007
Al Gore joins a California venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as partner
15 November 2007
E*Trade stock halves in a day following sub-prime shocks
15 November 2007
Sanjay Dhawan appointed president and COO of KKR and Sequoia company, Aricent
15 November 2007
Blackstone to invest $65 million in Hyderabad-based nuclear, aerospace sector vendor MTAR
08 November 2007
Norwest Venture eyes deals in India
06 November 2007
Qatar''s Delta Two fund gives up Sainsbury bid; to retain 25-per cent stake
06 November 2007
Cinven to buy Coor Service Management from 3i for €540 million
05 November 2007
Blackstone not investing in Leela Group: Vivek Nair
05 November 2007
Clear Water Capital Partners takes 49-per cent stake in BSeL Infrastructure - Unity Realty - Kamat Hotel hotels venture
05 November 2007
HSBC Asian Ventures'' ePlanet Two invests in Trivitron Medical Systems
31 October 2007
Naresh Malhotra joins Sequoia Capital India
31 October 2007
UBS reports a $713 million third quarter loss after subprime write-downs
31 October 2007
Stan O''Neal Merrill Lynch''s beleaguered CEO to go
29 October 2007
Facts behind the fury: Why the board was so angry with Merrill''s O''Neal
27 October 2007
US House to consider new taxes on buyout firms and hedge fund managers
27 October 2007
Morgan Stanley to adopt holding company structure in Japan; Real estate unit to merge into Morgan Stanley Capital KK
26 October 2007
Unilateral merger bid may cost Merrill Lynch chief his job
26 October 2007
eBay''s new site MicroPlace helps arranges microfinance for poor entrepreneurs
25 October 2007
Fourth-largest US homebuilder Centex makes Q3 loss as housing slump deepens
24 October 2007
Airtel leads Western Union - GSM Association initiative to create new global mobile money transfer service
24 October 2007
Merrill reports $2.24 billion Q3 net loss as subprime losses mount to $7.5 billion
24 October 2007
Twenty sub-accounts seek FII status, says SEBI
24 October 2007
USA''s largest mortgage lender moves to ease borrowers'' misery before Congress forces its hand
24 October 2007
Calm volatile financial markets, Chidambaram tells rich nations
23 October 2007
Gulf fund house raises $630 million for energy city in India
23 October 2007
Sequoia Capital to invest $500-600 million in Indian ventures
23 October 2007
Barclays market strategy to tap bottom of pyramid
22 October 2007
Bear Stearns, China''s CITIC Securities to form alliance
22 October 2007
Bear Stearns under probe again: report
20 October 2007
Blackstone gets EU nod for $26 billion acquisition of Hilton Hotels
20 October 2007
China''s CITIC bids for Bear Stearns stake
17 October 2007
ICICI arm plans $2 billion real estate fund
17 October 2007
Religare, Australia''s Macquarie in wealth management joint venture
17 October 2007
US banks set up bail out fund for investment vehicles
17 October 2007
Merrill Lynch acquires 5 per cent in Religare ahead of IPO
16 October 2007
Reliance Retail in finance venture with Citigroup
16 October 2007
US sub-prime exposure leads to UBS'' first loss in over two years
01 October 2007
Northern Rock borrows another $10 billion from Bank of England
29 September 2007
HDFC Asset Management Company to launch debt fund
25 September 2007
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts completes acquisition of First Data Corp
25 September 2007
Third Rock Ventures debuts with $378-million early stage life sciences ventures fund
19 September 2007
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