IDBI Bank shares rally 13%, market value swells by Rs 11,460 crore amid muted market. What lies ahead?IDBI Bank shares surged nearly 13%, adding over Rs 11,460 crore to its market capitalisation amid progress in the privatisation process. Th...
Govt evaluating financial bids for IDBI Bank strategic sale: SourcesThe government is evaluating revised financial bids from Fairfax Financial Holdings and Emirates NBD for the proposed sale of a 60.72% stak...
Advent, Temasek in talks for Fairfax stake in IIFL FinAdvent International and Temasek Holdings are reportedly in talks to acquire Fairfax Financial's stake. Fairfax is looking to exit IIFL Fin...
IIFL Finance dismisses reports on Fairfax planning company exit to fund IDBI Bank dealIIFL Finance denied reports of Fairfax exiting the company. These reports suggested a stake sale to fund an IDBI Bank acquisition. Blacksto...
IDBI Bank shares crash 11% amid price concerns as Fairfax deal moves closerIDBI Bank shares fell sharply as investors focused on Fairfax Financial Holdings’ reported Rs 81-per-share offer for a 60.72% controlling s...
Fairfax plans IIFL Finance exit to fund IDBI Bank bidFairfax Financial Holdings plans to exit IIFL Finance to fund its IDBI Bank acquisition. The investor will use proceeds to part-fund the pr...
Fairfax to exit IIFL Finance before likely IDBI Bank deal; Blackstone emerges as suitorFairfax Financial Holdings is considering selling its IIFL Finance stake. This move supports its planned acquisition of IDBI Bank Ltd. The ...
Govt achieves 78 pc of FY27 divestment, asset monetisation Budget target in Apr-AugThe government has achieved about 78% of its ₹80,000-crore FY27 disinvestment and asset monetisation target within five months. It has rais...
Centre unlikely to dilute strategic sale list despite ministries’ push for reviewThe government plans to proceed with its strategic sale of public sector enterprises. Ministries have requested reconsiderations, but few c...
Prem Watsa: How an Indian became Canada's Warren BuffettIndian-Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa, hailed as the "Warren Buffett of Canada," has announced his succession plan for Fairfax Financial H...
Who is Ben Watsa, the future chairman of Fairfax financial and heir to Prem Watsa’s $100-billion empire?Billionaire Prem Watsa has revealed his son, Ben Watsa, will succeed him as chairman of Fairfax Financial Holdings. The news comes from Dav...
ET Awards: Fairfax's Prem Watsa wins Global Indian award for corporate excellencePrem Watsa has come a long way since he landed in Canada as a young immigrant in the early 1970s with just $8 in his pocket.
Prem Watsa's BIAL investment on PM Narendra Modi's tableIndian-origin Prem Watsa's investment is stuck with the Ministry of Civil Aviation awaiting security clearance, and the delay is holding up...
Why Fairfax Financial Holding's founder Prem Watsa wants more equity in IIFLIf Watsa’s open offer succeeds, he will hold more equity in IIFL than mercurial founder and chairman Nirmal Jain and long-time partner R Ve...
IIFL Holdings surges on open offer, hits 52-week highThe offer price for the open offer has been set at Rs 195 per share, which is at a 3.72% premium to Monday's closing of Rs 188 on the BSE.
Promoters not tendering shares in Prem Watsa-led Fairfax India's offer to buy 26 per cent in IIFL Holdings: Nirmal Jain, chairman"Prem Watsa has been very bullish on India, and he has been one of the most vocal admirers and supporters of the present government. "
- Prem Watsa: The Indian who bailed out Bank of Ireland
When Bank of Ireland faced nationalization, a group of North American investors pumped in $1.6 bn to keep it out of the hands of the Irish ...