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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicPrivate equity

Topic: private equity

Samsonite was a classic American success story. How private equity firms strip-mined it

In 'These Are the Plunderers', Gretchen Morgenson writes it took a decade for Apollo to gut this once-thriving and iconic American luggage maker.

SEBI allows private equity firms to own mutual fund companies

Currently, India only allows financial services firms and corporates to back Asset Management Companies (AMC).

Parle Products, maker of Parle G biscuits, in talks to buy Polish biscuit maker Dr Gerard

Dr Gerard is valued between 10 and 12 billion rupees, reports say, with one of the people cited saying it could be as high as 24 billion rupees

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.