International and Emerging Markets Blog

Balancing business risks and risk management in China

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: China | Tags: business, tax, investment, governance, China, risk, annual report, management, risks, regulation, audit, labour, export, import, Chris Tam

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Grant Thornton’s new risk report came out last week. Chris Tam, Director, Grant Thornton China, outlines the lie of the land for both UK investors looking to mainland China and also Chinese companies, who face unfamiliar risks when doing business in the UK.

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Grant Thornton partner honoured with ‘Pride of India’ award

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: India | Tags: India, South Asia Group, Anuj Chande, South Asia, award, NRI, NRI Institute, PIO

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We are happy to announce that Anuj Chande, Corporate Finance Partner and Head of the South Asia Group at Grant Thornton, was awarded the prestigious Pride of India Leadership Award by the NRI Institute yesterday [27 September].

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India vs China: Which is best for business?

Friday, September 24, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: China , India | Tags: India, business, competition, corruption, outsourcing, trade, IT, FDI, Kapil Sibal, Mandarin, rivalry

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Forbes’ latest list, ‘Best Countries for Business’, has ranked India over China, fuelling the sense of rivalry between two of the fastest growing economies in the world.

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How Dubai’s property bubble burst – and is China next?

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: China | Tags: finance, investment, China, property, economic, Brazil, market, Dubai, crash, boom, bubble

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High property prices, property tightening policies and the start of declining prices indicate a teetering property market in China, one that the Chinese government is trying to let the steam out of gently. Here Nick Huber tells the story of how the Dubai property bubble burst in 2009, as a hedge fund manager warns that China could be 1,000 times worse.

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UK needs to take risks to escape domestic comfort zone

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | Posted by: Stephen Weatherseed
Categories: Brazil, China , Russia, Korea, India | Tags: growth, international, emerging markets, risk management, Stephen Weatherseed, expansion, risks, manufacturing, resources

UK companies’ reluctance to embrace challenging markets is compromising business and ‘Little Britain’ risks losing out on the emerging markets success story. But it’s not rocket science, says Stephen Weatherseed, Grant Thornton’s Head of China Group, it’s risk management.

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