Old Lane is a New York based Hedge Fund with a $500 million India fund. The firm was set up by former Morgan Stanley executives Vikram Pandit, John Havens and Guru Ramakrishnan.
13 months into existence, Old Lane was bought by Citigroup for a reported sum of $800 million. Pandit now heads Citi’s alternative investment business, while Ramkarishnan, a co-founder, has taken over as the CEO. By next month around 40% of the India fund will be invested
Read more about Old Lane, its investments and its plans in the Mint
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Citigroup in talks to buy to hedge fund Old Lane for $600 mn; fund boss Vikram Pandit may get to head Citi’s alternative investments unit
Global banking giant Citigroup is in talks to buy Old Lane, a hedge fund firm co-founded by ex-Morgan Stanley senior executive Vikram Pandit. If such a deal happens, Mr. Pandit would probably be on his way to heading the bank’s alternative investments unit, and probably, also the top job at the world’s largest bank.
The purchase price for Old Lane is estimated to be around $600 mn. Old Lane is thought to have more than $4 bn of assets under management. The alternative investments unit is the smallest of Citigroup's four main businesses. In 2006, profit at the unit fell 11% to $1.28 bn, and revenue dropped 15% to $2.9 bn. The unit at year-end oversaw $49.2 bn of assets, including $10.7 bn of Citigroup's prop money.
Vikram Pandit is a former head of Morgan Stanley's institutional securities division. Once considered a potential successor to former Morgan Stanley chief executive Philip Purcell, Pandit left the investment bank in March 2005 as part of an exodus of senior bankers and traders. He later founded Old Lane with his Morgan Stanley colleagues John Havens and Guru Ramkrishnan.
Read more in The Economic Times article.
The purchase price for Old Lane is estimated to be around $600 mn. Old Lane is thought to have more than $4 bn of assets under management. The alternative investments unit is the smallest of Citigroup's four main businesses. In 2006, profit at the unit fell 11% to $1.28 bn, and revenue dropped 15% to $2.9 bn. The unit at year-end oversaw $49.2 bn of assets, including $10.7 bn of Citigroup's prop money.
Vikram Pandit is a former head of Morgan Stanley's institutional securities division. Once considered a potential successor to former Morgan Stanley chief executive Philip Purcell, Pandit left the investment bank in March 2005 as part of an exodus of senior bankers and traders. He later founded Old Lane with his Morgan Stanley colleagues John Havens and Guru Ramkrishnan.
Read more in The Economic Times article.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
JM Financial invests Rs. 120 crores in Sona Group
JM Financial India Fund, a $ 200 mn corporate private equity fund promoted by JM Financial Limited and Old Lane Partners LP will invest Rs.120 crores in the Sona Group. The investors have an option to invest another Rs.40 crores at a later stage. The investments include that in Sona Group companies including Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited, Sona Okegawa Precision Forging Private Limited and other Sona Group Companies in the auto-ancillary space.
The Sona Group is an auto ancillary manufacturer with a diversified product range and enjoys industry leadership position in steering systems and precision forged gears. The investment by JM Financial will be used to expand capacities in the Sona Group’s subsidiary companies to meet domestic and export demand as well as for potential acquisitions.
Read the press release on Moneycontrol.com.
The Sona Group is an auto ancillary manufacturer with a diversified product range and enjoys industry leadership position in steering systems and precision forged gears. The investment by JM Financial will be used to expand capacities in the Sona Group’s subsidiary companies to meet domestic and export demand as well as for potential acquisitions.
Read the press release on Moneycontrol.com.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Avendus Advisors to divest 20% stake to Old Lane and Mayfield Ventures
Hedge fund Old Lane Partners and venture capital firm Mayfield Ventures may buy around 20% stake in leading boutique investment bank Avendus Advisors for a sum of Rs. 80 crores. This puts the valuation of the bank at around Rs. 400 crores. Avendus is expected to gross annual revenues of $12 mn in 2006-07. The organization has grown from 16 professionals to 40 in 2006.
Avendus was founded in 1999 by Ranu Vohra, Gaurav Deepak and Kaushal Aggarwal. They and employees of Avendus hold around 70% of the bank’s equity stake. Americorp, a Spanish institutional investor, holds 20% and the rest is held by Californian entrepreneur-investor Anil Godhwani. A minority stake earlier held by Infinity Venture, a venture capital fund, had been bought back by promoters around 2 years back.
Recently, Avendus has inducted two senior officials as vice presidents. Kishore Srinivasan, former joint GM and Head, Closely Monitored Assets (CMA) at ICICI Bank, joined Avendus as vice president and is now heading its corporate debt services. Also, Rajiv Shukla, former director, business development, at Pfizer, has joined Avendus as vice president, heading its life science vertical. Mr. Shukla is known to have played a leadership role on 5 acquisitions at Pfizer totaling $63 bn. Just a couple of days ago, Avendus was in the news for the exit of some of its high-profile employees, notably, Deepesh Garg, Assistant Vice-President, Consumer Products and Services Team, and Shiraz Bugwadia, Assistant Vice-President, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare.
Avendus focuses on wealth management, institutional broking and debt solutions. It offers private equity syndication, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and strategic advisory services to corporates and funds. Currently, it is in the process of expanding its operations abroad by opening offices in New York and Munich.
Read The Economic Times article.
Related Post: Key senior people exit Avendus Advisors to float boutique investment bank
Avendus was founded in 1999 by Ranu Vohra, Gaurav Deepak and Kaushal Aggarwal. They and employees of Avendus hold around 70% of the bank’s equity stake. Americorp, a Spanish institutional investor, holds 20% and the rest is held by Californian entrepreneur-investor Anil Godhwani. A minority stake earlier held by Infinity Venture, a venture capital fund, had been bought back by promoters around 2 years back.
Recently, Avendus has inducted two senior officials as vice presidents. Kishore Srinivasan, former joint GM and Head, Closely Monitored Assets (CMA) at ICICI Bank, joined Avendus as vice president and is now heading its corporate debt services. Also, Rajiv Shukla, former director, business development, at Pfizer, has joined Avendus as vice president, heading its life science vertical. Mr. Shukla is known to have played a leadership role on 5 acquisitions at Pfizer totaling $63 bn. Just a couple of days ago, Avendus was in the news for the exit of some of its high-profile employees, notably, Deepesh Garg, Assistant Vice-President, Consumer Products and Services Team, and Shiraz Bugwadia, Assistant Vice-President, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare.
Avendus focuses on wealth management, institutional broking and debt solutions. It offers private equity syndication, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and strategic advisory services to corporates and funds. Currently, it is in the process of expanding its operations abroad by opening offices in New York and Munich.
Read The Economic Times article.
Related Post: Key senior people exit Avendus Advisors to float boutique investment bank
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