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India recorded 179 deals valued at $4.5 billion in May. Excluding IPOs and QIPs, the market saw 175 transactions worth $4.2 billion, reflecting a 17 per cent drop in volumes and a marginal 4 per cent decline in values compared to April, according to the report by Grant Thornton Bharat.

Mumbai and Chennai dominate the DC market, accounting for 70 per cent of India’s total IT power capacity, with Mumbai alone contributing nearly half at 49 per cent.  

The year saw a massive glut of liquidity across the world coming out of the pandemic, which led to higher investments in many assets and a surge in valuations. Private investment in public equity (PIPE) deals increased 46 per cent to USD 4.5 billion across 77 deals, while credit investments stayed put at USD 2.6 billion, it said.

According to the EY-IVCA latest report, the first half of this year has seen the highest ever half-yearly PE/VC investment in the financial services sector with USD 4.2 billion invested across 74 deals.

Sector wise, May was dominated by investments in startups, which contributed to 60 percent of total investment volumes.

Institutional investors have put in USD 5 billion so far this year into the real estate sector, largely in commercial assets, according to KPMG.

In terms of number of deals, there was an 18 per cent growth in August compared to 39 deals last year, the report said.

Private equity firms invested about $5.44 billion across 117 deals during the quarter ended March 2017.

With India emerging as a preferred investment destination, the country is expected to witness nearly $ 4.2 billion new capital in the realty sector in 2017, says Cushman & Wakefield.

Last month saw only one deal valued over USD 100 million, while in February 2016, there were five such deals.

Corporate India received Private Equity investments worth USD 1.82 billion in October, up 74 percent year-on-year, while the overall tally for first 10 months this year was 23 percent lower at USD 10.24 billion.

Private equity (PE) investments in the real estate sector increased by 22 percent to Rs 28,300 crore in the first nine months of this year with investors' rising interest in the office and retail assets, says property consultant Cushman & Wakefield.

India will require investments of USD 1 trillion over the next 5-7 years to meet demand from infrastructure and housing with banks, private equity and NBFCs likely to be main sources of funds, says a report.

Private equity (PE) investment in retail real estate jumped over 13-fold to Rs 3,350 crore in the first six months of this year on the back of some big- ticket deals, according to a global property consultant.

New Delhi: Private equity (PE) investment in real estate sector rose by 40 percent to Rs 3,840 crore in the first quarter this year as developers raised funds to meet construction cost and refinance loans, says a report.

Private equity deal tally surged by 30 percent to USD 16 billion through 1,000 deals in 2015, largely driven by the startup segment, which contributed 60 percent of the total investment volume, says a report.

An interesting trend in PE and Venture Capital investments this year was the involvement of high net worth individuals.

Private equity investments in July-September surged to a record high of USD 5.89 billion, taking the deal value for the first nine months of the year to USD 13 billion, says a report.

Private equity deals worth USD 1.7 billion were announced in India in August, registering multiple growth over the same period last year, driven by positive macro-level indicators, a Grant Thornton report said.

The private equity firm Blackstone will buy real estate investment trust Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc in a cash deal valued at USD 3.93 billion.