The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) was an Indian private sector mortgage lender based in Mumbai. Apart from being the biggest housing finance company in India, it also had a presence in banking, life and general insurance, asset management, venture capital and deposits through its associate and subsidiary companies.
Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, with business interests in engineering, construction, manufacturing, technology, information technology and financial services, headquartered in Mumbai. The company is counted among world's top five construction companies. It was founded by Henning Holck-Larsen and Søren Kristian Toubro, who were two Danish engineers taking refuge in India.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is an institutional investor that manages several public and parapublic pension plans and insurance programs in Quebec. CDPQ was founded in 1965 by an act of the National Assembly, under the government of Jean Lesage. It is the second-largest pension fund in Canada, after the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. As of December 31, 2022, CDPQ managed assets of C$402 billion, invested in Canada and elsewhere. CDPQ is headquartered in Quebec City at the Price building and has its main business office in Montreal at Édifice Jacques-Parizeau.
IDFC Bharat Ltd is a microfinance bank, operating in the Tamil Nadu area of South India. Since 1993, it has provided small loans to women without access to formal credit and who typically have daily incomes of less than INR 80 (US$2) per day.
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is a central business district under construction in Gandhinagar district in Gujarat, India. It is India's first operational greenfield smart city and international financial services centre, which the Government of Gujarat promoted as a greenfield project. In 2020 GIFT IFSC bagged 10th place in Finance Industry and top rank in emerging financial centres in Global Financial Centres Index. As of June 2023, it is home to 23 multi-national banks including HSBC, JP Morgan and Barclays; 35 fintech entities; two international stock exchanges with average daily trading volumes of $30.6 billion; as well as India’s first international bullion exchange with 75 onboarded jewellers.
Ares Management Corporation is a global alternative investment manager operating in the credit, private equity and real estate markets. The company was founded in 1997 with additional offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Power Finance Corporation Ltd. is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. Established in 1986, it is the financial backbone of Indian power sector. PFC's net worth as on 30 September 2018 is INR 383 billion. PFC is the 8th highest profit making Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) as per the Department of Public Enterprises Survey for FY 2017–18. PFC is India's largest NBFC and also India's largest infrastructure finance psu. Government has raised status of PFC from ' Navratna' to 'Maharatna' psu on 12 October 2021.
REC Limited, formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, of which Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) is holding company, which in turn is under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. It finances and promotes power projects across India. The PSU provides loans to Central/State Sector Power Utilities in the country, State Electricity Boards, Rural Electric Cooperatives, NGOs and Private Power Developers. On 20 March 2019, PFC signed the agreement to acquire a 52.63% controlling stake in REC for ₹14,500 crore (US$1.8 billion). On 28 March, PFC announced that it had completed making the payment for the acquisition and intended to merge REC with itself in 2020.
Development Bank of Rwanda, commonly referred to by its French name Banque Rwandaise de Développement (BRD), is a development bank in Rwanda. It is one of the banks licensed by the National Bank of Rwanda, the national banking regulator.
Suneet Kumar Maheshwari is an infrastructure business evangelisand is the founder and managing partner of Udvik Infrastructure Advisors LLP, a new boutique infrastructure financial services firm set up comprising a group of senior infrastructure and financing evangelists along with another ~25 mid-senior professionals. Till recently he was the group executive vice-president of L&T Financial Services. He was also on the board of L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, L&T Infra Debt Fund, L&T FinCorp, L&T Infra PE. He was the managing director and chief executive of L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd since its inception in 2006 till March 2014, which is now a Rs 25,000 crores asset base company. He has over 34 years of experience in infrastructure finance, investment banking, corporate finance and private equity at management board level.
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, more commonly known as IDFC, is a finance company based in India under the Department of Financial Services, Government of India. It provides finance and advisory services for infrastructure projects, as well as asset management and investment banking.
Rajiv B. Lall is an Indian businessman who is the managing director and vice chairman of the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) in India. His father K.B. Lall was a member of Indian Civil Service.
Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) Limited is transport consultancy and infrastructure development company. It is a joint venture company with equal equity of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and the IDFC Foundation.
Bandhan Bank Ltd. is a banking and financial services company, headquartered in Kolkata. Bandhan Bank is present in 34 out of 36 states and union territories of India, with 6,140 banking outlets and 3.07 crore customers. Having received the universal banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India, Bandhan Bank started operations on August 23, 2015, with 501 branches, 50 ATMs and 2,022 Banking Units (BUs). The Bank has mobilised deposits of ₹1,08,479 crore and its total advances stand at ₹1,03,168 crore as of June 30, 2023.
V. Vaidyanathan is a managing director and CEO of IDFC First Bank He has previously headed ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and was on the board of governors of ICICI Bank.
Capital First Ltd. was an Indian non-bank financial institution providing debt financing to small entrepreneurs, MSMEs and Indian consumers. Capital First was founded in 2012 by V. Vaidyanathan.
Tata Capital Limited is a financial and investment service provider in India. The company is based in Mumbai and has more than 100 branches across the country. The firm offers consumer loans, wealth management, commercial finance, and infrastructure finance, among others.
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) is an investment platform for international and Indian investors anchored by the Government of India. The objective behind creating this organisation was to catalyse capital into the country and support its growth needs across sectors of importance.
IDFC FIRST Bank is an Indian private sector bank formed by the merger of the banking arm of Infrastructure Development Finance Company and Capital First, an Indian non-bank financial institution.
