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Gold bet turns sour for PE firms
The Reserve Bank of India's new norms for gold loan companies are a heavy blow to private equity players in India. The move to restrict loans by gold finance firms to 60 per cent of the value of jewellery pledged as collateral may have a huge impact on the revenue of gold loan-lending firms such as Manappuram Finance and Muthoot Finance. Both firms have a major exposure to private PE and venture capital