Aramco to invest $15bn in Reliance Industries Limited
Posted on 13th August 2019 |
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| Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is set to divest a 20 per cent stake in its oil-to-chemicals business to Saudi Aramco, enabling the Indian conglomerate to shed debt, while giving Aramco improved access to a fast growing market. Saudi Aramco is offering Reliance $15 billion for the stake — one of the largest foreign direct investments into India. RIL will get another $1 billion, or Rs 7,000 crore, from a joint venture with BP that will retail auto fuels and ATF in the country. The twin mega deals were announced by Mukesh D. Ambani, chairman and managing director of RIL, at the company’s 42nd annual general meeting (AGM) here on Monday. The deals are expected to play a key role to make RIL a zero net-debt company over the next 18 months. A statement from RIL said it would form a long-term partnership with Aramco in the oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business. Reliance had reported revenues of Rs 5.7 lakh crore in the previous year in this segment. Under the deal, Aramco will pick up a 20 per cent stake at an enterprise value of $75 billion for the division. According to a Bloomberg analysis, the Ambanis have driven a hard bargain and extracted a higher price than warranted from Aramco for the right to establish a beachhead — just the opposite of what everyone seems to believe. The proposed investment by Saudi Aramco is subject to customary approvals. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict
Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices
Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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