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The Economic Times
Apax partners, the global private equity group, has joined the growing list of PE funds looking to benefit from the India story. Dr Martin Halusa, CEO Apax Partners Worldwide LLP is hopeful of finding good deals here, too. Excerpts from an interaction with Amanpreet Singh.
Give us a sense of Apax Partners in terms of fund size and the sectors it is interested in.
Apax Partners currently has a fund size of $20 billion and we have nine offices around the world. Our recent addition as you know is India. We concentrate on five sectors — technology & telecom, media, healthcare, retail & consumer and financial & business services. We started a fund in the US back in 1960 and then one in Europe in 1981.
Why India now? Some would go as far as to say that you are late...
We take a long-term view, anywhere from five to 10 years. We are here to back an emerging India, an India which is looking at globalization in a big way. We bring a capital base and a depth of advisory services that will help Indian entrepreneurs make that global leap. We strongly believe in the India growth story and we know that this is the right time to be here. Perhaps five years down the line you will turn around and say that we were early.
What are the positives that you see about India at present?
Oh! There are many but the greatest is that India’s growth story is for real. There are strong institutions, which provide for genuine liquidity options. The market is mature enough to provide for defined asset classes so investors such as us can invest. And then there is India’s growing appetite for global mergers and acquisitions. What is also unique are the sophisticated finance options now available to enable these large deals. Obviously, the available talent pool is also a big positive.
The Economic Times
Apax partners, the global private equity group, has joined the growing list of PE funds looking to benefit from the India story. Dr Martin Halusa, CEO Apax Partners Worldwide LLP is hopeful of finding good deals here, too. Excerpts from an interaction with Amanpreet Singh.
Give us a sense of Apax Partners in terms of fund size and the sectors it is interested in.
Apax Partners currently has a fund size of $20 billion and we have nine offices around the world. Our recent addition as you know is India. We concentrate on five sectors — technology & telecom, media, healthcare, retail & consumer and financial & business services. We started a fund in the US back in 1960 and then one in Europe in 1981.
Why India now? Some would go as far as to say that you are late...
We take a long-term view, anywhere from five to 10 years. We are here to back an emerging India, an India which is looking at globalization in a big way. We bring a capital base and a depth of advisory services that will help Indian entrepreneurs make that global leap. We strongly believe in the India growth story and we know that this is the right time to be here. Perhaps five years down the line you will turn around and say that we were early.
What are the positives that you see about India at present?
Oh! There are many but the greatest is that India’s growth story is for real. There are strong institutions, which provide for genuine liquidity options. The market is mature enough to provide for defined asset classes so investors such as us can invest. And then there is India’s growing appetite for global mergers and acquisitions. What is also unique are the sophisticated finance options now available to enable these large deals. Obviously, the available talent pool is also a big positive.