Block trades in India are close to capping their best quarter in 14 years as the country’s booming stock market encourages shareholders to monetize stakes. Shareholders have raised $7.1 billion selling their holdings in India so far this year, with the quarter on track to have raised the most from block trades since the January … Read more
Mumbai: The frequency and size of block deals in India are keeping pace with the recent surge in India’s equity indices as promoters, private equity majors and global investment funds execute billions of dollars of negotiated trades in public stock. So far in March, shares worth more than ₹55,000 crore – the highest ever in … Read more
For years, hedge funds knew that one man at Morgan Stanley could make them millions. A big block of shares would come up for sale, and block-trading head Pawan Passi would tip off the funds. One even told Passi he had put that investor “in the game” (adding a colorful modifier) and that the investor … Read more
