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Consolidated net profit up 80% to Rs 2,119 cr
8Aug By adminNo Comments
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Consolidated net profit up 80% to Rs 2,119 cr

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) on Tuesday posted 80 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 2,119.38 crore during the April-June quarter, on account of higher income. It had reported Rs 1,177.46 crore net profit during the April-June period of the preceding 2022-23. The net profit was 85.7 per cent higher as compared to Rs 1,140.97 crore in the quarter that ended on March 31. The company's total income surged to Rs 6,631.23 crore from Rs 5,526.19 crore in the year-ago quarter. Its expenses trimmed to Rs 4,065.24 crore from Rs 4,438.32 crore. Adani Ports said the results were helped by Ebitda margins at its ports business expanding by 150 basis points to 72 per cent, mainly due to tariff hikes.  "Our newly acquired assets...
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Adani group in talks to raise $1.8 billion from India bond sales
31Jul By adminNo Comments
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Adani group in talks to raise $1.8 billion from India bond sales

MUMBAI: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate plans to tap India’s bond market to raise up to 150 billion rupees ($1.8 billion) this financial year as it gears up local-currency debt sales since damaging allegations were made by a short seller earlier this year, according to people familiar with the matter.The notes would likely be sold in small 5 billion to 10 billion rupee lots of listed and unlisted bonds to meet capital expenditure requirements, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans are private. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd, Mumbai International Airport Ltd, Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd and flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd are among the group’s firms that may issue first, the people said.The plans will lik...
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Bain to buy 90% stake in Adani Capital and Adani Housing for Rs 1,440 cr
23Jul By adminNo Comments
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Bain to buy 90% stake in Adani Capital and Adani Housing for Rs 1,440 cr

The Adani group has exited the financial services business by selling its entire 90 per cent stake in Adani Capital and Adani Housing to private equity (PE) firm Bain Capital for Rs. 1,440 crore.  The total valuation of the Adani financial services business stands at  Rs. 1,600 crore. Gaurav Gupta, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Adani firms will hold the rest of the stake. Bain will also invest an additional Rs. 983 crore as primary capital in the company to facilitate its growth. Besides, Bain Capital will also make available a liquidity line of Rs. 409 crore as non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to the company.  Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group, said Gupta and his team have not only built a financial servic...
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Gautam Adani’s go-to bankers at Barclays turn cautious after Hindenburg report
18Jul By adminNo Comments
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Gautam Adani’s go-to bankers at Barclays turn cautious after Hindenburg report

MUMBAI: For more than a decade, Barclays Plc has been the go-to bank for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, leveraging a relationship forged when only a few global firms were working with the emerging conglomerate.An explosive report by short-seller Hindenburg Research in January has changed all that, prompting the bank to pare its exposure, leaving a hole in an Indian business that’s been a key driver of the firm’s Asian growth for years.Executives at the highest levels are scrutinizing ties with Adani, turning more cautious about adding new business pending a regulatory probe that’s supposed to end next month, according to people familiar with the matter. While Barclays hasn’t closed the door on the group, it’s negotiated repayment on some loans, including financing for a massive cement d...
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Microsoft: Adani Group commissions India’s first transnational power project
16Jul By adminNo Comments
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Microsoft: Adani Group commissions India’s first transnational power project

DHAKA/AHMEDABAD: Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Saturday following the full load commencement of power supply to Bangladesh from the Group’s Ultra Super-Critical Thermal Power Plant (USCTPP), in Godda, Jharkhand.The Godda USCTPP, which marks the Adani Group’s entry into transnational power projects, is India’s first commissioned transnational power project where 100 per cent of the generated power is supplied to another nation.After the meeting, Gautam Adani said in a tweet: “Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600 MW Ultra Super-Critical Godda Power Plant. I salute the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who braved COVID to commission the plant in a record ti...
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Adani row: SEBI disagrees with expert panel, says will take action if any violation found
10Jul By adminNo Comments
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Adani row: SEBI disagrees with expert panel, says will take action if any violation found

NEW DELHI: Capital markets regulator SEBI on Monday told the Supreme Court that its 2019 rule changes do not make it tougher to identify beneficiaries of offshore funds, and action will be taken if any violation is found or established.SEBI said it has continuously tightened rules concerning beneficial ownership and related-party transactions - key aspects in the allegations of Adani Group manipulating its stock price.A Supreme Court-appointed expert committee had in an interim report in May stated that it saw "no evident pattern of manipulation" in billionaire Gautam Adani's companies and there was no regulatory failure.It, however, cited several amendments the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) made between 2014-2019 that constrained regulators' ability to investigate, and it...
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