PE players invest 1.5 bn in 3 months
India saw private equity investments worth 1.5 bn over Rs 6,630 cr in first three months of 2011.
India saw private equity investments worth USD 1.5 billion over Rs 6,630 crore in the first three months of 2011,with majority of deals happening in the infrastructure space,says Ernst amp; Young.
However,the deal value in the 2011 first quarter is much less than USD 2.2 billion during the same period last year.
“During the quarter-ended March 2011,the investment activity witnessed 96 deals totalling to USD 1.5 billion,” global consultancy Eamp;Y said.
The higher deal value in the 2010 first quarter was mainly on account of a “few large sized deals” during that period.
“Although compared to the corresponding quarter in 2010,the aggregate deal value was lower in Q1,2011,the number of deals were 50 per cent higher indicating continued deal momentum that built up in 2010,” it said.
Infrastructure sector attracted the highest amount of investment,accounting for around 40 per cent of the total deal value,Eamp;Y noted.
In terms of deal numbers in first three months of 2011,retail and consumer products sector saw the highest count of 17 transactions,followed by infrastructure 15 and technology 12.
Private equity deals worth about USD 750 million were recorded in March,an increase of “nearly 120 per cent from February 2011”. Infrastructure sector accounted for the highest share of 56 per cent in terms of total deal value last
month.
Infrastructure segment witnessed two major transactions — Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund’s USD 200 million investment in GMR Airports Holdings and 3i India Infrastructure Fund’s USD 112 million investment in KMC Infratech.
“The GMR Airports-Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund deal was the largest deal of the month March,” Eamp;Y said.
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