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A $903.1 million investment in Dreamplug Technologies Pvt Ltd (CRED) emerged as India’s biggest private equity (PE) deal in the first half of 2026, leading a string of large-ticket transactions that helped push overall PE investments up 48.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to $8.7 billion, said a report by LSEG Deals Intelligence.   …

Holcim CFO Steffen Kindler on executing a regional spinoff, AI value creation, and team leadership. This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Steffen Kindler has served as Holcim’s CFO since 2023. He brings with him two decades of finance leadership experience from his time at Nestlé. He now guides the financial…

Buying an existing business has become an appealing option for people who want a fresh start through business ownership. From local service companies to family-run shops, many buyers are choosing established businesses instead of starting from scratch. That path can feel more predictable, but it still takes planning. If you want to buy a small…

Mastercard’s new chief financial officer, Ling Hai, got his start at the card network as a general manager overseeing the Greater China division from Beijing in 2010. Now, after being appointed CFO in June, he’s pushing for the card network’s growth in that country and elsewhere.  In 2010, Mastercard only had a presence in China…

The Berkeley gene-editing company will wind down its lymphoma and myeloma studies and explore a potential sale.