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India Shuts 5 Coal-Fired Power Plants to Combat Air Pollution in New Delhi

NEW DELHI—India has temporarily shut down five coal-fired power plants around the capital New Delhi as part of its drive to combat air pollution, according to an order from the federal environment ministry panel on air pollution. The Commission for …

SoftBank-Backed Fintech Raises $761M in India IPO. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Yashish Dahiya’s PB Fintech Ltd. climbed 23% on its first day of trading after raising $761 million in an IPO. Now comes the hard part. “Now, we have to deliver,” the founder and chief executive officer said just hours after …

Paytm’s IPO Oversubscribed but Doesn’t See Blow-out Demand From Investors

BENGALURU – Paytm’s $2.5 billion initial public offering (IPO), India’s largest, was oversubscribed at the close of bidding on Wednesday, although investors showed less enthusiasm than for some other tech firms that have ridden the country’s IPO boom. The company, …

Willis Towers Watson Agrees to Acquire Remaining 51% Stake in WTW India

Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the remaining 51% shares from Anemone Holdings Private Ltd and Rohit Jain in Willis Towers Watson (WTW) India. WTW currently owns 49% of Willis Towers Watson India …

Berkshire Hathaway, Other Foreign Firms to See Payoffs From India’s Fintech Revolution

China’s transformation from a financial-technology backwater into a $46 trillion-a-year global leader in digital payments left most international investors watching in awe from the sidelines. Now India is undergoing its own fintech revolution, and the race is on to grab …

Amazon-Backed Indian Online Insurer Acko Valued at $1.1B in New Funding Round

General Atlantic and local private equity firm Multiples Private Equity led a $225 million funding in Acko General Insurance, valuing the Indian online insurer at $1.1 billion. Existing investors including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Lightspeed, a global technology …

Gallagher Completes Acquisition of India’s Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadow, Ill.-based broker, announced it has completed its acquisition of Mumbai, India-based Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd. Financial details of the transaction, which was first announced in July, will not be disclosed. Gallagher …

India Plans to Let Foreign Investors Hold 20% Stake in Life Insurance Corp.’s IPO

India is considering a proposal for foreign investors to own as much as 20% in Life Insurance Corp., according to a person with knowledge of the matter, which would enable them to participate in the nation’s biggest initial public offering. …

New Delhi-Based Insurtech Startup SafeTree Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding Round

New Delhi-based insurtech start up SafeTree has raised $1 million in its seed funding round from angel investors Shams Ahmed Parvaz and Faiz Shams. The startup aims to use the capital infusion to expand its team, strengthen product development and …

India Likely to Block Chinese Investment in IPO of Insurance Giant LIC: Reuters

New Delhi wants to block Chinese investors from buying shares in Indian insurance giant Life Insurance Corp. (LIC) which is due to go public, four senior government officials and a banker told Reuters, underscoring tensions between the two nations. State-owned …