New capex cycle led by private sector to drive India’s economic growth: Mahesh Patil

New capex cycle led by private sector to drive India’s economic growth: Mahesh Patil

“Also, in the current market context where we see that where there is some amount of weakness which is there, the large groups they are better placed to manage the slowdown because of the diversification of cash flows what they have from different businesses, they have a better control in terms of cash flows which … Read more

Debt & internal accruals to fund Ceat acquisition of Camso tyre biz from Michelin: Arnab Banerjee

Debt & internal accruals to fund Ceat acquisition of Camso tyre biz from Michelin:  Arnab Banerjee

Arnab Banerjee, MD & CEO, Ceat, says acquisition of this business will make Ceat’s international business contribution to cross 25%from day one and, this is EBITDA accretive and will contribute to the overall margin accretion of Ceat consolidated. OHT business will almost double in turnover post this acquisition and will be almost 23-24% of Ceat’s … Read more

Indegene looking forward to enhancing EBITDA & PAT margins: Management

Indegene looking forward to enhancing EBITDA & PAT margins: Management

Manish Gupta, Chairman & CEO and Suhas Prabhu, CFO, Indegene, in conversation with ET Now. says: “The margin, especially at the EBITDA level, has consistently grown from 18.8% to 21.9%. We will look at sustaining and growing the margins as we go forward. Another aspect, given the proceeds from the IPO would be to go … Read more

What RBI proposal for tighter project finance rules will mean for REC, PFC?

What RBI proposal for tighter project finance rules will mean for REC, PFC?

Anil Gupta, Sr VP & Co-Group Head-Financial Sector Ratings, ICRA, in conversation with ET Now on RBI proposal for tighter project finance rules. Gupta says “given the market reaction, there could be a case where maybe more clarification will emerge as to whether 5% provision requirement is on the entire under-construction portfolio of the lenders … Read more

D B Realty raises Rs 920 cr by selling shares to institutional investors via QIP

D B Realty raises Rs 920 cr by selling shares to institutional investors via QIP

D B Realty on Thursday said it has raised Rs 920 crore by selling shares to institutional investors, including Morgan Stanley Asia, to fund its real estate projects and strengthen balance sheet. The company launched its Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) issue on March 7 and the issue was closed on March 13. In a regulatory … Read more

End may be in sight for global rate-hike cycle as Fed nears peak

End may be in sight for global rate-hike cycle as Fed nears peak

Most global central banks may be either close to a peak or already done with interest-rate hiking, auguring a hiatus before possible monetary loosening comes into view. With the first signs of dents in economic growth now visible, and fallout from financial-market tensions lingering, any pause by the Federal Reserve after at least one more … Read more

Our main focus is to strengthen our balance sheet: Saurabh Chawla, GMR Infra

Our main focus is to strengthen our balance sheet: Saurabh Chawla, GMR Infra

“It is a large market and as India’s economic growth gathers steam as per capita income goes above $2500, there will be an increase in movement and shift from rail travel to air travel and we want to capture that opportunity for sure,” says Saurabh Chawla, GMR Infra. After the last few years of restructuring, … Read more