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Rate cuts, dovish global central banks and falling benchmark yields have brought down cost of capital, triggering hopes about private investments picking up in India. The head of the nation’s largest portfolio management firm doesn’t share this optimism.Prateek Agrawal, chief investment officer at ASK Investment Managers, said there’s still time for the private capex cycle to come back. And he cited three reasons for his less sanguin...