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Business Standard
a day ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Motilal Oswal alternates closes ₹2,000 crore sixth real estate fund
Motilal Oswal Alternates (MOA), the alternative investment arm of Motilal Oswal Group, announced the closure of its sixth real estate fund – Indian Realty Excellence Fund VI (IREF-VI) – raising Rs 2,000 crore. The fund's portfolio is primarily focused on mid-income residential developments designed to meet the rising demand from urban homebuyers. MOA noted that a substantial share of the capital was raised from family offices and Indian high-net-worth individuals (HNIs), underscoring strong domestic conviction in the real estate credit space. Additionally, commitments from offshore investors via the GIFT City route reflect growing global confidence in the Indian real estate market. Saurabh Rathi, Managing Director & Co-Head (Real Estate) at MOA, said, 'Credit demand for land acquisition in India is accelerating rapidly, driven by a renewed appetite for residential development, rising land values, and limited availability of structured capital. With continued tightening of regulatory norms for traditional lenders, alternative credit platforms are increasingly stepping in to bridge the funding gap with tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of developers.' MOA has allocated capital across 15 real estate projects, partnering with leading developers such as Ajmera Realty, Runwal Enterprises, Ambuja Neotia Group, Casagrand Group, Radiance Realty, Mantra Properties, Assetz Group, Akshar Group, Bhagwati Group, and ASBL Group. To date, 75 per cent of the fund has been deployed across projects in key urban markets, including Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. MOA has marked its first exit from IREF VI, delivering an internal rate of return (IRR) of 20.25 per cent. To date, it has executed over 180 investments and achieved more than 110 full exits. Since the beginning of 2024, the firm, through its funds and co-investments, has committed over Rs 2,500 crore across more than 35 real estate projects. It has also exited over 30 investments, with total divestments exceeding Rs 2,200 crore. Commenting on the fund's closure, Vishal Tulsyan, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of MOA, noted that over the past decade, the firm has established a differentiated position in the alternative asset management space by combining deep sector expertise with a robust governance framework. The platform's cumulative assets under management (AUM) in real estate exceed Rs 10,000 crore, spread across six real estate funds and multiple co-investments. Overall, the alternative investments platform manages more than $2 billion in cumulative AUM across real estate and private equity strategies.
USA Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Tomorrow X Together talks new music, upcoming US tour and closing 'The Star Chapter'
Storytelling acts as the foreground to the global icons Tomorrow X Together's discography. The K-pop quintet has forged a narrative from release to release, with each album and EP underscoring direct life experiences. From detailing the coming-of-age process to highlighting harsh realities, the group tells their own story. And on July 21, Tomorrow X Together is back to close the chapter on their latest installment, "The Star Chapter" series. "The Star Chapter: TOGETHER" is a bookend, building upon EP "The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY", released on Nov. 4, 2024, and its themes of salvation, empathy and connection. "This was a pretty long series," Taehyun, 23, tells USA TODAY. "Sometimes we did question ourselves, 'Are we taking it too long?' But now that we are coming to a close, I felt a little bit sad that we had to say goodbye." "The Star Chapter: TOGETHER" marks the group's first studio album release in nearly two years, and it reveals Tomorrow X Together's artistic growth and emotional depth. "This album is really about us and 'you' together striving toward a better tomorrow, and it means so much to us because 'together,' which is part of our very name and essence, is included in the title," Beomgyu, 24, says. How 'togetherness' shaped TXT's new album The ethos of Tomorrow X Together's recent release is found in the latter half of its title. "Without togetherness, we wouldn't have come this far with the story," says Taehyun. "When we think about togetherness, it could mean the five of us, but I think it also includes MOA (the group's fans), because without MOA, this wouldn't have been possible." "The Star Chapter: TOGETHER" accompanies the five members through a track list of transformation. "Because we have solo tracks in this album, a lot of the members wanted to really show their true colors by participating in many aspects of the album creation," Hueningkai, 22, says. "I think this album really shows how we have grown as artists." Tomorrow X Together talks 'minisode 3': 'Never expected' fans to show 'this much love' TXT's inspiration for 'The Star Chapter: TOGETHER' Tomorrow X Together's past installments were "a big inspiration to writing tracks in this album," because the storytelling and narrative continues from them, Taehyun shares. "When I look back on the past installments that I was part of creating, I think I get inspiration from a lot of different things," says the group's leader Soobin, 24. "It could be the members, my family members, the fans ... the themes that we talk about in our songs are something that's very everyday and something that everyone can really relate to." For this album, the guys worked on solo tracks – a first for some, but not for members Yeonjun and Beomgyu. The former released his first mixtape "GGUM" on Sept. 19, 2024, while the latter dropped his solo project "Panic" on May 15. "My solo work 'Panic' was one of my favorite genres. I thought it was really my vibe," says Beomgyu. "(For) 'Take My Half', which is my solo track in this album, I wanted to stick with my own vibe, but add a new twist to it." "For 'GGUM', I focus mostly on rap and dance for that track, but for 'Ghost Girl', it's more about vocals," says Yeonjun. "This time around, it's a rock genre, and YUNGBLUD produced it for me. I really wanted to live up to his vibe. It wasn't very easy, but it was a very exciting challenge I was willing to take on." As for the album's lead single "Beautiful Strangers," Hueningkai says "it's really about conveying the message that 'I can grow thanks to the power that you gave me.'" "I think this was the perfect song that would really convey the message of the entire album and really wrap up and seal the narrative of 'The Star Chapter'," he adds. 'Where I live my dream': Tomorrow X Together on Madison Square Garden shows, tour-day-in-the-life TXT's fourth world tour and hopes for the future To accompany the album, Tomorrow X Together will embark on their fourth world tour, "ACT: TOMORROW." It kicks off on Aug. 22 in Seoul, South Korea, and the guys will set out for the States starting Sept. 9. "We're going to meet MOA in the States, as well as all across the globe," Soobin says. "We're really, really looking forward to that." Tomorrow X Together will make stops across seven US cities, including Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Newark, NJ. As for Tomorrow X Together's future, the group hopes their music can continue to be a guiding light for those experiencing growing pains. "We've been spending the past six, seven years singing about the growth of these boys and the circumstances that they face and the emotions that they experienced," says Taehyun. "There were times when I sung a song first, and then later that experience happened to me, or the other way around." "This might be a little bit personal, but I just hope that we are seen as artists that give positive impact to people," Hueningkai adds.
Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- General
- Hamilton Spectator
‘Truly amazing and really emotional': Historic mortuary poles returned to Tla'amin Nation after decades-long search
In late 2022, Drew Blaney was at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) viewing some paddles and masks from his nation that were being held in the institution's basement. While he was walking around, the culture and heritage manager for Tla'amin Nation stumbled across two striking carved wooden figures — one depicting a man and the other depicting a woman holding her arms out, as if she was carrying a child. They looked familiar, so he immediately sent a text to his brother, Tiy'ap thote (Erik Blaney), who had been searching for two mortuary poles belonging to their community for nearly three decades. Blaney asked Tiy'ap thote — who was at a hockey game at the time — if he could send photos of the historic mortuary poles. After a few minutes of trying to find service, ''ding, ding, ding' all these photos started popping up on my phone,' Blaney said. 'I'm standing there looking at the photos of the poles on my phone and sure enough it's the same two mortuary poles that are standing there in the Museum of Anthropology.' In return, Blaney sent his brother a photo of the poles in front of him. Tiy'ap thote said when he saw a photo of the mortuary poles he had been searching for pop up on his phone 'I almost fell out of my seat.' The two mortuary poles — along with paddles, masks, and baskets — have now been returned to Tla'amin as part of a repatriation from MOA and the Museum of Vancouver. On June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, a ceremony was held in the nation to celebrate the return of the objects. Tla'amin is a self-governing nation located just north of 'Powell River' on the upper Sunshine Coast. The ceremony took place as part of a larger celebration for the opening of Ɂəms ʔayɛ (Our House), Tla'amin Nation's brand new cultural centre, located in the village of Tł'ihšosum. Ɂəms ʔayɛ is the first big house to be located in the Tla'amin's territory in over 107 years, since the previous big house was destroyed by a fire in 1918 . More than 400 people, many wearing traditional regalia, came together from Tla'amin, Homalco, Klahoose, and K'ómoks — known as the four sister nations — to mark the occasion through songs, dancing, drumming, the repatriation ceremony, and a cedar braid cutting unveiling Ɂəms ʔayɛ. Ɂəms ʔayɛ will serve as the community's cultural space, spanning more than 1,390 square metres (15,000 square feet). The facility includes a feast hall, traditional foods facility, language lab, medicinal gardens, communal smokehouse, and museum to safekeep Tla'amins cultural belongings including the mortuary poles. Mortuary poles are made to mark the gravesite of someone who has passed. Tla'amin Nation believes that these particular poles were marking the grave of a family who passed away together. Before now, the only knowledge of the poles was through a photo taken on their original village site, tiskʷat, in the late 1800s. Tla'amin had been removed from the site , which became the 'Powell River' 'paper and pulp mill and later, Paper Catalyst Excellence. A large part of the physical search and research for these poles was done by Tiy'ap thote, who is a legislator for Tla'amin. He began looking for the two mortuary poles when he was 16 years old, after the late Elder Henry Bob told him a story about tiskʷat and the two poles. Tiy'ap thote said that Bob requested that he try to find the poles, and ever since he had been searching for them by researching the nation's archives and hiking through Tla'amin lands. His brother Blaney explained that over the years, Tla'amin had visited MOA many times, but never came to the realization that the poles were there until that visit in 2022. He believes that part of the reasoning is due to the poles being previously mislabeled as Stó:lō Nation poles. MOA's director and curator Susan Rowley explained the origins of the poles had 'always been a question,' because they were brought in as part of the Reverend George H. Raley collection after he passed away, and much of the documentation was lost. Raley was a former residential 'school' principal of the Coqualeetza Industrial School in 'Chilliwack,' according to the British Columbia Archival Information Network . After confirming the poles belonged to Tla'amin, the nation and MOA began the process of repatriation and bringing the poles, masks and paddles back home last spring. Tla'amin's plan was to house the poles and other items in Ɂəms ʔayɛ's museum space once complete. Rowley explained that because MOA is a part of University of British Columbia, this process is done in alignment with the university's guidelines and policies around repatriation to work with communities. Blaney said this year, on June 4 and 5, he along with some members of the nation — including council members and the hegus (chief) — had two small ceremonies at both MOA and MOV. They were joined by museum staff and a delegation from xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Indian Band. 'We thought that was really important for us, because the poles have been standing in Musqueam territory for over 50 years,' said Blaney. 'Musqueam ancestors have been there, they've touched these poles … They shared their paddle song with us for a safe journey home for the mortuary poles.' In the end, the poles traveled home in a U-Haul. Blaney said they were strapped down to a wooden platform inside the vehicle to keep them safe. He took his brother Tiy'ap thote to see the poles first thing in the morning when they arrived home, which he described as an emotional moment. He said 'every step of this journey has been truly amazing.' 'You know, from seeing the photos as a young person, working for the treaty department in my teen years, doing the research on that. Then all the tiskʷat questions, seeing that photo come up many times,' Blaney said. 'And then fast forward to now, going to the museum, finding them, having them come home like every step of it has been truly amazing and really emotional.' Tiy'ap thote shared that bringing the poles back has been a significant time for the whole community. Last year, Tla'amin submitted a specific claim to the federal government for tiskʷat, at the same time they were in communications with Domtar (formerly, Catalyst Paper Excellence) to purchase back their original village and mill site. As of March 17, 2025 , the parties reached an agreement, and Tla'amin now owns most of tiskʷat. 'The journey home is obviously something that brings up a lot of emotion, since we're heavily involved in, you know, the land back portion of getting tiskʷat back,' he said. 'So the significance is huge in that everything seems to be coming back that we lost, and opportunities are now here. I mean, the timing is just unbelievable, really, to think that, you know, we lost these 130-140 years ago, and they're [tiskʷat and the mortuary poles] coming back just in the same year … It just feels like it's now full circle.' Now, as the nation celebrates Ɂəms ʔayɛ, tiskʷat, and the poles, Tiy'ap thote said the next big project he'd like to do is creating a 3D map of tiskʷat's village. 'I want to have a visual of what it would have looked like pre contact, and obviously taking pieces of our history, archives, records, and photos. I think this is the next step, or the next phase of that sort of project is; 'fan out. Let's get some summer students out into the museums and find more artifacts and build more of the story,'' said Tiy'ap thote. 'But let's also get in our people's mind what the village would have looked like back in the day, and start thinking about what life would have been like 1,000 years ago at tiskʷat.' For Blaney, he looks forward to the community and future generations having a space to practice culture and language. 'It's hard to put it into words, but there's just so many emotions in that [Ɂəms ʔayɛ opening] and there was about three or four times during the ceremony where I just looked up and I thought, wow, this is our home and that's exactly the name of it, Ɂəms ʔayɛ. It's our home.' He explained that over the years, nation members have traveled to many different communities during tribal canoe journeys. 'Being inside the big houses up and down the coast has always been something that we really wanted. So there's just so many emotions, it's hard to put into words,' he said. 'When I was younger, I remember there were plans for a big house in our village, and so it's been talked about for decades here.' On opening day, drumming and singing echoed through the village of Tł'ihšosum, as more people came together to celebrate the opening of Ɂəms ʔayɛ. During the songs, even an eagle flew by, calling out, then landing in a tree where the raptor stayed for the rest of Ɂəms ʔayɛ's ceremony — sparking emotion in the crowd. Blaney said being inside the building, seeing people fill the bleachers and the fire lit, was a powerful moment. 'There were a couple of moments where I had to pinch myself and remind myself that I'm actually home in Tišosem.' Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. 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Time Business News
08-07-2025
- Business
- Time Business News
How a Legal Translation Company in Dubai Can Prevent the Rejection of Your Documents?
Dubai has strict legal standards when it comes to submitting official documents. Whether it's for immigration, business registration, legal proceedings, or medical approvals, even a small error in translation can lead to the rejection of important paperwork. One common reason for such rejections is the use of inaccurate or non-certified translations. A Legal Translation Company in Dubai plays a key role in helping individuals and businesses avoid these issues. These companies ensure that documents are translated accurately, certified properly, and fully comply with the legal requirements set by the UAE authorities. In this article, we'll explain how choosing the right legal translation company can prevent costly delays and ensure your documents are accepted without problems. Legal translation is more than just converting words from one language to another. It involves accurately translating legal terms, cultural context, and formatting based on local laws and regulations. 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GMA Network
08-07-2025
- Business
- GMA Network
PAGCOR, ASC to sign MOA for regulation of online gambling ads
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and the Ads Standards Council (ASC) will sign on July 16 a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to regulate advertisements for online gambling platforms. PAGCOR chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco said in an interview on Balitanghali on Tuesday that the regulation will apply to outdoor advertisements such as billboards and advertisements on prime time TV. 'Isa kasing, mapapansin niyo siguro, parang mga kabute na kumakalat na lang itong mga billboard na ito… Sa pamamagitan ng Ads Standards Council ay naniniwala po ang PAGCOR na mareregulahan natin itong mga billboard,' he said. (One thing you may have noticed is that these billboards keep popping up like mushrooms… With the help of the Ads Standards Council, PAGCOR believes we can regulate these billboards.) Tengco said that gambling platforms may be given enough time to take down their billboards and follow new size regulations. On proposals to restrict or enforce ban 'Gusto ko ipaalam sa lahat na marami na po nitong nakaraang buwan ng pag-aaral na ginawa ang PAGCOR at magkakaroon po ng anunsiyo kami sa susunod na linggo tungkol sa mga hakbang na aming pinag-aaralan at ipatutupad sa mga susunod na araw,' Tengco said. (I want to inform everyone that PAGCOR has done a number of studies these past few months. We will have an announcement next week about the steps we are studying and will implement over the next few days.) Tengco made the statement amid proposals to restrict or enforce a total ban on online gambling. Proposed regulations include restrictions and further policies on age verification protocols, advertising, and player protection, among others. 'Ang PAGCOR po ang hinihiling sana ay magkaroon ng mahigpitan na regulasyon… 'Yun 'yung nakikita kong isang paraan dahil sa paniniwalang mahirap pong i-ban totally ang online gaming sa kasalukuyan, dahil ang gamit lang po nito ay internet,' he said. (PAGCOR asks that there would be stricter regulations… That is one way I see because I believe it is hard to totally ban online gaming at the moment, since it just uses the internet.) According to Tengco, there are up to 70 legal online gambling platforms and hundreds of illegal online gambling platforms currently operating in the country. —KG, GMA Integrated News
