International and Emerging Markets Blog
Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India Watch,
South Asia Group,
India Price Index,
Fiona Owen,
Capital Markets,
Indian Economy,
London Stock Exchange,
India Hospitality Corp,
Alternative Investment Market
Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) dramatically outperformed both the AIM All-Share and the FTSE 100 in 2009. The India Watch index soared by 212% in 2009, following a 23% rise in the final quarter of 2009. In comparison, the AIM All-Share only recorded gains of 66% in 2009, while the FTSE 100 saw a modest 22% rise in the last twelve months.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
South Asia Group,
Alex Wright,
India Economy,
India GDP
With the passing of the New Year, India can look forward to 2010 in the belief that the worst of the global financial crisis has passed and that the country remains on course for continued growth. 2009 witnessed the deepest trough of the financial crisis, and while India was not completely unaffected, with increased government and private spending and the implementation of economic stimulatory packages, it saw a much swifter recovery than most.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
M&A,
India Watch,
South Asia Group,
Anuj Chande,
mergers and acquisitions,
Cross border M&A,
Srividya CG
As expected, due to the continued global financial downturn and economic cautiousness, M&A activity in India and across the rest of the world over the past year has seen a substantial decline in volume and value in comparison with previous years. Not even the recent economic growth seen in India in the last half of 2009 could revive the sector in the short term.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Posted by: Alex Walters
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For the past 18 months, as world economies have slowed and the performance of many AIM quoted companies has been impacted, they have had to decide whether they should “batten down the hatches” in terms of communicating with their investors or continue to have an active promotional campaign and full disclosure.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | Posted by: Harish Bahl
Categories:
| Tags: India,
Smile Interactive Technologies Group,
Harish Bahl,
India E-commerce,
Digital sector,
E-commerce sector
India is set to see increasing e-commerce activity in 2010. With more than 26% of Indian railway tickets now being bought online, the old debate of Indian consumers do not buy online is fast being put to rest. The question now being asked is, ‘are there enough sellers on the internet in India and there are enough reasons to buy online’?
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Friday, January 15, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: economy,
infographic,
LSE,
GDP
Predicting when an economy will grow or shrink is an inexact science, but Grant Thornton’s latest infographic takes the pulse of 14 recession-hit economies around the world to assess their economic fitness. It looks at GDP figures between 1997-2009 to see how countries such as the UK, France, Germany and the USA have performed – and to see who’s winning the race back to economic growth…
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