CCI clears Advent International investment in Aditya Birla Capital

NEW DELHI : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved indirect acquisition of 4.15% stake in Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. by private equity firm Advent International Corp., said an official release. The investment is being made by Jomei Investments Limited (JIL) which is wholly-owned by a fund managed by Advent International Corp. CCI did not specify the amount of investment coming into Aditya Birla Capital, but the company had said in September that its board had approved mobilising Rs2,100 crore investments including Rs1,000 crore of equity investments from Jomei Investments Ltd, an affiliate…

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South Korea Clears Oracle of Anti-Competitive Acts After Software Probe

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday Oracle Corp did not engage in anti-competitive behaviour following a probe over its practice of packaging new software upgrades into database management service contracts. South Korea’s antitrust regulator last year opened an investigation into the practice to determine whether it was using its dominant market position to shut out rivals. The US company controlled 58.5 percent of the domestic database management system market as of 2014, according to the FTC, marginally lower than 59.6 percent in 2011. The regulator said on…

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