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Northern Arc to acquire business of S.M.I.L.E. Microfinance to grow retail lendingThe transaction will involve the takeover of the microfinance portfolio of S.M.I.L.E., along with its extensive network of nearly 150 branc...
Northern Arc Capital raises $50 million from JICA"The usage of proceeds will be towards promoting women entrepreneurship and employment, an important target area for the company,” Northern...
Northern Arc raises $50 mn from American development bank to scale up lending to microfinance firmsMicrofinance lenders, especially the smaller ones, are facing difficulty in raising resources from banks, which have turned ultra-cautious ...
Northern Arc raises Rs 910 cr from IIFL fund & two othersAffirma Capital is a newly formed independent private equity firm.
Northern Arc taps Dutch FMO for Rs 200 crore bondThis is the second debt investment by FMO in Indian ventures this month following its $30 million (Rs 216 crore) investment in Satin Credit...
Northern Arc Capital to raise Rs 1,000 croreNorthern Arc has total equity of Rs 550 crore.
IFMR Capital becomes Northern Arc CapitalNew name to help brand develop & crystallise its identity further, even as it looks to diversify and forge strategic alliances across new m...
IFMR Capital Banks on CLOs to securitise corp loansCollateralised loan obligations are a form of securitisation where corporate loans are pooled together.
With StanChart PE's Rs 340 crore, IFMR Capital eyes new pasturesThrough the $25 million that Eight Roads invested in the company in November, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International had ...
IFMR Capital finds $25 million on Eight Roads Ventures, othersThe investment marks the first big bet by the fund, which is the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International, in the area of finan...
Securitisation counter buzzing in first quarter itselfIFMR Capital has arranged three deals worth Rs 872 crore while Bharat Financial Inclusion sold Rs 220 crore of priority sector loans to a l...
IFMR Capital launches Rs 250 crore debt fundIFMR Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of IFMR Capital, today announced the launch of a Rs 250 crore fund.
Micro finance credit gains momentum with ADB loan“The regulatory certainty is a big contributor for micro finance industry now,” said Kshama Fernandes, managing director & CEO, IFMR Capita...
Small finance bank applicants like Grama Vidiyal and Sonata raise fund in pooled bondApplicants for small finance bank license such as Grama Vidiyal Microfinance and Sonata Finance have raised Rs 85 crore between them in a p...
IFMR Capital executes Rs 150 Crore NCD issuance for Janalakshmi Financial ServicesIFMR Group has successfully executed the issuance of senior secured non-convertible debentures aggregating to Rs 150 Crore for Janalakhsmi.
Microfin companies will soon have up to Rs 450 crore more to lendThe ADB guarantee was designed with the objective of partnering with financial institutions that actively lend to MFIs in ADB’s member coun...
Why domestic investors are missing from the startup banter'I think there are regulatory issues. Domestic private equity was not allowed to invest in NBFCs. The other issue is that domestic investor...
Companies switch to commercial papers to retire high-cost bank loansHinduja Leyland Finance is the latest to join the game, having raised Rs 250 crore through the sale of commercial papers at a 9% rate.
IFMR Capital structures Rs 98-crore debt from 11 Mutual Fund InstitutionsIFMR Capital today said it has structured the first CBO (collateral bond obligation) deal in the micro-lending space in the country.
Leapfrog invests $29 million in IFMR Capital FinanceUS-based Leapfrog Investment has bought a minority stake in financial services provider IFMR Capital Finance for $29 million (Rs 174 crore).