HC to hear Sahara case after SEBI probe
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will hear the Sahara Group versus Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) case only after the capital markets regulator completes its probe.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will hear the Sahara Group versus Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) case only after the capital markets regulator completes its probe.
Sahara group companies, which raised Rs.4,843 crore by issuing optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCDs), is not using its own bank account to handle this money.
India’s real estate stocks have attractive valuations after plunging 83% from their peak and are likely to rebound within two years, according to Macquarie Group.
Parsvnath Developers is looking to raise up to Rs.200 crore by selling stakes in two group housing projects to private equity firms.
Realty firms are making a beeline to private equity investors for money to repay mounting debt portfolios. With commercial banks turning cautious about lending to the real estate sector, industry players strapped for cash are seeking equity capital to ease the liquidity crunch.
DB Realty, the tainted Mumbai-based real estate developer whose name figured in the 2G spectrum investigations, has lost its fourth director since February.
Kotak Realty Fund, the property investment arm of India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank, plans to raise as much as USD 500 million by the second quarter of this year, in a bet on the long term case for property in Asia’s third-largest economy, a top official said.
Tata Realty Initiatives Fund-I, managed by Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd, has bought over Kotak India Real Estate Fund-I, a $100 million (Rs.450 crore) fund managed by Kotak Realty Fund in Peepul Tree Properties Pvt. Ltd for Rs.385 crore.
Supertech will invest Rs 600 crore to develop a 255 metre tall residential tower in Noida. The company will offer a total of 1,326 housing units with prices of up to Rs 2.25 crore in the tower that it claims will be the tallest in North India. “The project, North Eye, will be the tallest in entire region with 60 floors and 255 metre height.
The Chennai-based Shriram Group, is expanding its realty business Shriram Properties. As per the plans the Group will invest around Rs 1,500 crore over the next three years in developing various residential projects. The zero-debt company says 60 per cent of this investment, or around Rs 900 crore, would be funded through equity, from existing or new investors.