Ajay Ramanathan

Ajay writes on the banking, financial services, and insurance segment. He is keen on analysing the multi-fold impact of any news development, and putting it across in the long-form.

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NIIF adds another company to direct investment portfolio, co-invests with GP

Finance

24 July, 2026

NIIF adds another company to direct investment portfolio, co-invests with GP

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has added a non-bank lender to its portfolio of direct ......

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Finance

16 July, 2026

ChrysCapital logs a rare dud in exit from eight-year-old BFSI bet

Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital is exiting a financial services company that it backed around eight years ago......

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Finance

16 June, 2026

How are Nexus, Peak XV, other VCs faring as Turtlemint takes a valuation cut in IPO?

Venture capital firms Nexus Venture Partners and Peak XV Partners will generate strong returns on their investments in ......

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Finance

14 May, 2026

JM Financial Asset Management set to roll out new private credit fund

JM Financial Asset Management Ltd, which manages mutual fund schemes and alternative investment funds, is preparing to ......

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Finance

13 May, 2026

Did True North meet the benchmark as it exits eight-year-old bet?

True North, one of India’s oldest private equity firms, has made its second liquidity move of this year as it ......

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Finance

06 May, 2026

VC-backed Shivalik Small Finance Bank set to acquire housing financier

Shivalik Small Finance Bank, backed by SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Accel, is close to acquiring a company in the ......

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Finance

30 March, 2026

Premji Invest-backed Home Credit raising fresh capital as valuation soars

Home Credit India Finance Pvt Ltd, a non-bank lender that counts Premji Invest as a key investor, is raising fresh ......

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Finance

19 March, 2026

Morgan Stanley PE making lacklustre exit move from India portfolio

Global financial services giant Morgan Stanley’s Asian private equity arm is pressing the exit button on a six-year-......

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Finance

10 March, 2026

How is Warburg Pincus placed as it starts monetising its biggest India bet?

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus intends to sell a minority stake in an Indian company it acquired less than two ......

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Finance

25 February, 2026

Lenskart, Delhivery backer Steadview Capital plans maiden India-registered PE fund

Global hedge fund Steadview Capital Management is planning to launch its maiden India-registered private equity fund, ......