Q&A
World wide banking
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year for
M&A
with Rajesh Srivastava
Asia
Netherlands
Americas
RI IN
Managing Partnerfor
the F&A Private Equity Fund
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of F&A Private Equity Fund?
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to invest in thisparticuLtr fundi
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other activities in India
A It is the first F&A sector focused Fund in Asia that supports Indian F&A
companies scaling up from commodities to processed or branded play.
This capital and knowledge combined fund, extends to portfolio
companies, strategie advice and brings to them global best practices on
environment and social standards, corporate governance and a whole
network for global alliances and partnerships as an enviable value add
additionally through Rabobank and the three Lead Investors (IFC, FMO
and DEG).
A I he fund is targeted at key, high growth, highly knowledge driven
F&A sectors in India and mitigates risks of through its value add.
The fund management team's relationships and Rabobank's F&A and
private equity expertise are unique strengths attractive to investors.
this particular time, during difficult market circumstances
A Agricuture and food processing will be the most sustainably high
growth sectors in India due to many demographic positives and favourable
changes in regulations has made India very attractive to investors. Private
equity funds are long term plays that revel in depressed stock markets and
high interest rate scenarios when entry pricing is more reasonable and
hence timing is even better.
A India is a rapidly growing market with per capita consumption of
processed foods and beverages one of the lowest amongst emerging
markets. Funding companies that substitute unorganized segments in
the food chain, or sell products on the plank of food safety and health
is one key opportunity.
A The Fund is expected to complement Rabo India Finance (RIF)'s
activities. Besides strengthening the F&A franchise, it could be a potent
target for the equity syndication mandates. Partnerships with M&A
to manage trade sales or with FAR to extend strategie advice to the
portfolio companies are also possible.
Dutch hockey
players Wieke
Dijkstra and
Fatima Moreira
de Melo in the
TV commercial.
In August, RI started a campaign in the Netherlands to promote RI's
international activities. This image campaign includes advertisements
in prominent Dutch magazines, internet banners, dedicated
homepages on www.rabobank.com and www.rabobank.nl and a
TV commercial. The TV commercial, a central part of the campaign,
features Rabobank's 'face' Fatima Moreira de Melo, a player of the
Dutch national hockey team.
The campaign will run until the end ofOctober.
Additionally, the team has strengthened the cross-border strategie
dialogue between the Americas and Europe to enhance M&A
activity for Rabobank world-wide. Recent examples include the
strategie alliance between The Wine Group (U.S.) and Osborne
(Spain); the sale ofOSI (UK and Brazilian operations) to Marfrig
(Brazil); and the acquisition of a strategie stake in Delverde (Italy)
by Molinos Rio de la Plata (Argentina).
Rabobank's M&A team in
the Americas has had a
banner year, closing or announcing 10 transactions to-date,
with a total transaction value of US$ 2.7 billion. Transactions
with clients such as Alto, Trega and Arizona has strengthened
Rabobank M&A's dairy and beverage franchises.
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