New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India recorded 220 deals worth $22.8 billion in April 2026 because of a substantial surge in outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity despite ongoing global macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties, a report showed on Wednesday.The report by Grant Thornton Bharat highlighted that five billion-dollar deals contributed $17.4 billion during the month, accounting for nearly 80 per cent of the total deal value.Moreover, M&A activity emerged as the key driv…
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New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Amid strong rebound of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2025, Indian dealmakers are increasingly turning to transactional risk insurance to navigate complexity, manage execution risks, and drive deal certainty, a report said on Wednesday.The report from Marsh said that M&A deal value surged nearly 37 per cent year-on-year to approach $5 trillion globally, with a sharp rise in large and mega deals.Similarly in India, growing deal sizes, cross-bo…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India’s real estate sector recorded a stable start to 2026 with 32 deals valued at $763 million in Q1 2026, even as total deal value moderated due to the absence of large-ticket transactions, a report said on Friday.The report from Grant Thornton Bharat said deal volumes, including IPO and QIP activity, rose from 26 to 32 sequentially and were up about 14 per cent from 28 deals a year earlier, signalling steady momentum.The divergence between rising activity and decl…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India’s financial services sector displayed inherent resilience in the first quarter of 2026, as deal activity normalised after strong activity in the previous quarter, despite geopolitical tensions arising from the US-Iran conflict, a report has said.As per the analysis by Grant Thornton Bharat, the industry recorded 61 deals worth $1.9 billion, showing a healthy consolidation phase. The report noted that in this figure, IPO and QIP transactions are excluded.While dea…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian tech startups raised $9.1 billion in 2025, up 23 per cent year-on-year, with funding becoming more selective and milestone-linked, a report said on Wednesday.India’s technology startup ecosystem is moving from volume-driven expansion to execution-led maturity, as capital was concentrated in scalable, commercialisation-ready ventures, the report from Nasscom and Zinnov said.It noted that 74 per cent of deal activity was at seed and early stages, underscoring the …
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) India’s strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal value rose 42 per cent (year-on-year) to $113 billion in 2025, a new report showed on Wednesday.The growth was driven primarily by robust domestic dealmaking, which accounted for 60 per cent of total deal value, alongside a sharp increase in inbound activity, up more than 300 per cent year on year. Foreign investors continued to target financial services and technology assets, according to Bain & Company in …