India has recently seen a growing preference among investors to invest in platform deals. When investors want to play big and have a long-term strategy, they create platforms to invest in sizeable assets in the same sector, rather than investing in individual assets.
The year ending 31 March, 2017, witnessed many companies preparing their financial statements as per the Indian Accounting Standards (‘Ind-AS’) for the first time. Ind-AS is a set of accounting standards that converge with the International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) and require companies to adopt fair value accounting. The first time adoption of Ind-AS requires […]
Earmarking another landmark step in corporate history, on 13 April, 2017, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) brought into force the relevant corporate law provisions dealing with cross-border mergers and amalgamations. These new provisions bring global economies closer and open a host of opportunities by facilitating global acquisitions, sale transactions, consolidations and restructuring for Indian companies.