17 August 2008

Venture Capital, Pvt equity updates

VCcircle.com

KKR Eyes Indian Infrastructure Sector; Current Equity Value $463M
RIL Partners With Vornado For $500-M Real Estate Investment Firm
SEBI Reduces Rights Issue Timelines To 43 Days; QIP Pricing Norms Relaxed
TrueBridge Capital To Invest 25% Of $310-M Fund in India and China

Gopinath Ties Up With GMR For Cargo Hubs In Delhi, Hyderabad Airports
Fortis HealthWorld Acquires Pharma Retail Chain CRS Health
Famy Care Plans To Dilute 15% Stake; In Talks With Mylan, PE Funds
Baring Asia To Pick Up 40% RSP Architects For $100 Million

HarbourVest Raises $1Bn For Its $3Bn Non-US Fund; To Invest $500M In Asia
Tata Capital In Tie Up With Mitsubishi UFJ Securities For I-Banking, Equity Offerings
Indian Angel Network Invests In Legal Outsourcing Firm TechLit
DE Shaw To Increase Stake In Regional Media Group Amar Ujala

56 Hedge Funds Register In July; Stephen Mandel, Samir Arora Among Them
Auto Componet Maker Federal-Mogul To Acquire 51% Stake In Perfect Circle
Tata Capital To Sign Pact With Japan’s Mitsubishi Securities
Greater Pacific To Pick Up 38% In Outsourcing Co Azure For $33 Million

Tesco Finally Gets Indian Partner, Tata’s Trent
Oman Investment Fund, Others Invest $185M In Quippo Telecom
Russell Investments To Increase Exposure To Indian Real Estate
Credit Suisse PE Invests $100 Million In Hydrabad’s Indu Projects

Helion Ventures Invests $4 Million In HummingBird Suites
Australia’s IPGA Buys Into Real Estate Portal RealAcres.com
News Roundup: Pharma Co Bags $35M UNICEF Order, RPG Big On Telecom Towers

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IndiaPE.com

Infrastructure is still in for India-specific funds
VCFs may get RBI nod
PEs eye standalone regional hospitals
DFJ to fund education company

SeedFund invested $1 million in Lifeblob
Credit Suisse to invest $113m in Indu Projects
KIMS to raise PE funding for expansion
CMAI arranges $100 mn fund for ecofriendly ICT R&D

Fortis Healthworld acquired CRS Health
HTMT chalks out $100 mn for foreign acquisitions
July was the worst month for M&A this year
Baring to buy 40 pc in RSP Architects

Famy Care may sell 15% to PE funds
GPC to buy 38% in Azure
Credit Suisse invests $100m in Indu Projects

Source: Above sites.

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Index Outlook, Stock Analysis: BusinessLine

Index Outlook
DERIVATIVES MARKETS: Nifty may move in narrow band

Sensex (14724.2)
The markets could not revel in plunging commodity prices for long as the spectre of slowing economic growth manifested itself once more in industrial production and in the economic outlook of the economic advisory council. Rate-sensitive stocks that had begun a merry rally were hammered down once more as investors rushed to lock in their gains.

It was another dull week and the Sensex eased lower after the peak at 15580 on Tuesday. Volumes were low as traders took time off to enjoy the long weekend. Open interest continues to be high, though reduction in Nifty put call ratio implies that short positions are being squared up during declines.

The exhaustion gap formed on Monday was closed in the subsequent session heralding the commencement of a down trend. A 3-wave move has been completed from the trough at 12514 formed on July 16. The dark-cloud pattern in the weekly candlestick chart along with the downward reversal from key level, in the weekly relative strength index, denotes that the medium term up trend from the July trough has ended last week.

But this could be just one part of the corrective up-move in the bear phase from 21206. As explained last week, there are numerous ways in which the rest of this correction can shape. The movement of the Sensex over the next two weeks would help form a better picture of the road ahead. Here are a couple of pointers to the way the index can move in the near term and its implications,

A decline to the zone between 14365 (50-day moving average) and 14420 appears imminent in the near term. A reversal from here would have bullish connotations for the medium term and would signal an impending move towards 17000.

The medium-term outlook will turn neutral on a penetration of 14360. The subsequent supports are at 13700 and then 12514. Such a decline would imply that the correction could result in the index vacillating between 12500 and 15500 for a few more months.

Our outlook for the week ahead is ambivalent, neither negative nor positive. Resistances for the week ahead would be at 15250 and then 15580. Failure to surpass the first resistance would drag the index lower to 14425 or 14063. Fresh trading longs should be avoided below 14425.

Nifty (4430.7)

The Nifty reversed from an intra week peak at 4650 last week. The medium term up-move from 3816 appears to have been completed last week and a decline towards 4300 is possible in the near term. If this level is penetrated, the next support is at 4120. The medium term outlook will turn negative only on a decline below this level.

Conversely an upward reversal from 4300 will underline the bullishness for the near term and pave the way for a rally to 5050. Resistances for the week would be at 4560 and then 4650.Failure to rally beyond the first resistance would be provide a shorting opportunity to traders.

Global Cues

Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed lower from 11867 on Monday. But the near term outlook for the index will stay positive as long as it holds above 11230.

After crude oil, it was the turn of gold to hold everyone spell bound, with the awesome 7 per cent decline last week. The selling cascaded once the key support at $850 was breached on Monday. The metal appears to have commenced a long-term correction of the entire bull market since 2001. The immediate supports on the long-term charts are at $780 and then $730. Investors can watch for a long-term trough around $730. —Lokeshwarri S. K.

Other analysis:
STOCKS: Kalindee Rail Nirman Engineers: BuyInvestments with a two-year perspective can be considered in the stock of Kalindee Rail Nirman Engineers, which is engaged in the business of signalling, telecommunications, gauge conversion and track-laying for the Indian Railways. A direct ...

STOCKS: HDFC Bank: HoldInvestors with a one-year horizon can hold on to the HDFC Bank stock. Though the bank has sound financials, concerns about rising interest rates, higher cost of funds and compressing spreads have cut down valuations for banking stocks. ...

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Query Corner: What the charts sayI bought Hexaware Tech at Rs 125 and Graphite India at Rs 56. Kindly let me know the medium and long-term prospects of these stocks. Can I average Hexaware at current ...

STOCKS: Ranbaxy - Open Offer: AcceptShareholders of Ranbaxy may use Daiichi Sankyo’s open offer (slated to begin from August 16) to book profits on the stock as the offer price is attractive. Japanese innovator drug company Daiichi Sankyo, in June this year, agreed to buy ...

STOCK MARKETS: Bull's EyeE-mail your response by Tuesday to:

STOCK MARKETS: Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday to:
BasketsofX@gmail.com ...

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tata Steel / SBI / Reliance / Infosys / Unitech / Reliance Infra

STOCKS: Monsanto India: BuyInvestors with a two-three year horizon can buy the stock of Monsanto India, a leading producer and marketer of agricultural ...

MUTUAL FUNDS: Reliance Equity: Hold
MUTUAL FUNDS: Kotak Opportunities: Invest
MUTUAL FUNDS: Fund Talk
MUTUAL FUNDS: Update

Source: BusinessLine