Aegis rumored to be acquiring UAE’s Tristar

As per the reports, Aegis Logistics (ALL), India’s largest privately owned liquid logistics company in West Asia, is in advanced discussions to acquire Tristar, a West Asia based liquid logistics company, in a deal valuing the target at about USD 1.5 bn. ALL has supposedly begun talks with a group of European and Indian private … Read more

Anant Raj to demerge Data Centre & Cloud business

The Board of Anant Raj Ltd (ARL), has approved the demeger. ARL will first consolidate all its data centre and cloud operations under one entity before carving them out into Ashok Cloud Pvt. Ltd (ACPL), a dedicated digital infrastructure and cloud services company that will be listed independently. Shareholders of ARL will receive one fully … Read more

Kotak buys Deutsche’s Indian retail business

Kotak Mahindra Bank has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Deutsche Bank’s retail banking, private banking and wealth management business in India. The acquisition will add about Rs 29,000 crore in loans, Rs 16,000 crore in deposits and Rs 10,000 cr Investment AUM to Kotak Bank’s balance sheet. The deal will add 150,000 customers and … Read more

Cartrade in discussions to acquire CarDekho

In a stock exchange filing, Cartrade has informed about the above. According to media reports, the proposed deal could value CarDekho’s automotive classifieds business at around $1.2 billion This is significant vis-a-vis Cartrade’s own size; its mcap currently is around 1.7 bn $. If the deal goes through, it would add significant debt on the … Read more

Hindustan Foods approves acquisition of ice cream cone unit

The Board of Hindustan Foods Limited (HFL), has approved an investment of Rs. 30 Cr for the acquisition of a business engaged in manufacturing of ice cream cones and sleeves. Target has capacity of 1 million cones per day. It’s current customers include India’s largest multinational ice cream company. Acquisition aligns with HFL’s strategy of … Read more

Tata Motors offers to acquire Italian Truck Maker

Tata Motors (TML) has offered to acquire 100% of Iveco Group N.V. Iveco officially came into existence on January 1, 2022, after splitting from CNH Industrial. Although it is incorporated as a Dutch company with its legal seat in Amsterdam, its core operations are based in Turin, Italy, where its headquarters are situated. Iveco Group’s … Read more

Titan acquiring Damas

Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Dubai, Damas is among the oldest and most prominent Jewellery retailers in the Middle East, with a store network of 146 outlets across the GCC. Titan is acquiring 67% of Damas from Mannai Corporation QPSC, Qatar (Mannai) at an Enterprise Value of AED 1038 mn (approx $280 mn). The … Read more