Apr 24, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard 23 April (Mumbai) Today, Padmanabh Sinha, or Paddy Sinha as he is often called in the private equity industry, is a relaxed man. After taking charge of the PE arm of the $80-billion Tata Group, Paddy has added another feather in his cap — he has...
Apr 23, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Russian authorities have asked tycoon Vladimir Potanin to invest in Alrosa during the upcoming sale of a 14 percent government stake in the diamond producer, Kommersant reported Monday, citing sources. According to market participants, Suleiman Kerimov, Alfa Group and...
Apr 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times 15 April 2013 If you wonder why Russians don’t smile in the metro, what they really think about corruption, how many of them fought bears and how many of these brave souls were drinking vodka at the time, now you can satisfy your curiosity. A...
Apr 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow (Reuters) – Russian payment transfer company QIWI said on Friday its shareholders would raise as much as $216 million from a Nasdaq flotation that will value the company at up to $936 million. It will be the second initial public offering of a Russian...
Apr 19, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Holodilnik.ru, Russia’s leading online retailer of household appliances, has offered a minority stake to Media Capital in exchange for a large-scale advertising campaign. This is the first known media-for-equity deal on the Russian Internet market. The transaction’s...