Religare close to buying Piramals’ realty fund

07 Dec 2010 Evaluate

Religare Enterprises is close to buying 85% of the Ajay Piramal Group-promoted real estate fund Indiareit Fund Advisors, valuing the entire fund at around 250 crore. The deal is expected to be announced by December-end. The fund, started in 2006, is currently managing three domestic and an offshore fund with assets totaling around 2,850 crore, and is planning to launch two more funds to raise 1,350 crore. It also advices the London-listed Trikona Trinity Capital that manages a 1,200-crore fund in India.

The Ajay Piramal Group’s exit from the fund is because of a likely conflict of interest because the group is now focused more on land acquisition and development. Last week, Religare Enterprises announced a pact to acquire 55% in Landmark Partners for a consideration of up to $171.5 million. Landmark is a private equity and real estate fund-of-funds asset manager, focused on secondary transactions with more than $8.3 billion of committed capital.

The Ajay Piramal Group recently sold Piramal Healthcare’s branded generics business to Abbott Laboratories for 1,700 crore, which is likely to be used for foraying into new businesses and increasing the group’s focus on realty development. Currently, the group’s realty exposure is through Piramal Sunteck, its joint venture with Sunteck Realty, and Piramal Realty.crackcrack

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