International and Emerging Markets Blog

Investing in the UK – eight tips for foreign investors

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories: China , Thought leadership | Tags: tax, investment, China, UK, investors, funding, subsidiary, Hong Kong, regulatory, supply chain, holding companies, foreign investment, structures, employees, entity, inbound, staffing, inward, foreign exchange

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What do investors and businesses from China (and other emerging economies) need to know before investing or setting up in the UK? Our quick guide covers the main issues: from choice of entity and location, to employment considerations, regulatory issues and foreign exchange controls.

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How to invest successfully in China

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories: China , Thought leadership | Tags: tax, investment, China, technology, due diligence, financing, Nick Farr, intellectual property, Hong Kong, Chinese, holding companies, intermediary, foreign investment, IP, structures, Singapore, WFOE, expats, FIE, employees, entity, staffing, business monitoring

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The continuing increase in foreign direct investment in China has led to significant improvements in the country’s legal and regulatory framework. We outline eight key considerations for those wanting to invest – successfully – in the world’s leading recipient of foreign capital.

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Women in the boardroom 2004-2011 (infographic)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: India, business, statistics, China, research, infographic, data, IBR, women in business, women, gender, board, diversity, Russia, female, International Business Report, map

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The percentage of women in senior management roles makes for fascinating reading across different countries. But now you can also compare how countries rank over time using data from Grant Thornton’s International Business Reports since 2004 – just click on the image left to see the full infographic on Many Eyes, or read on for the summary.

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Global mining sector at tipping point over government intervention

Thursday, August 18, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: report, legislation, taxation, mining report, nationalisation, miners, study, environmental, mining, intervention, Martin Goddard,

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‘Increasing and unpredictable’ intervention by governments is putting the mining sector at risk of stagnating and causing uncertainty among companies and nervous investors, according to Grant Thornton International’s new global mining study.

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New double taxation agreement between China and UK

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories: China , Thought leadership | Tags: business, tax, China, UK, Hong Kong, holding companies, DTA, double taxation agreement, tax treaty, Wen Jiabao

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During Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s recent visit to the UK, a new double taxation agreement (DTA) between the UK and China was signed. Find out what the new tax treaty involves, when it is set to start and what actions you should be taking.

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Meet our experts: Mo Merali

Tuesday, August 09, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Interviews | Tags: business, finance, Grant Thornton, insight, due diligence, interview, corporate finance, staff, private equity, people, Meet our experts, IPO, transactions, profile, Q&A, Mo Merali

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As our Head of Private Equity, Mo Merali has led teams on all aspects of Transaction Advisory Services work, including a number of multi-million-pound cross-border assignments. Here we ask him about his toughest deals, pivotal career moments and what companies should be focusing on right now.

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The AIM of the game: why and how to list on the Alternative Investment Market

Thursday, August 04, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: India, China, LSE, AIM, guide, London Stock Exchange, London, IPO, listing, alternative investment market, flotation, services, share offering, how to, requirements, float

Grant Thornton recently helped the first Zambian company to list on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. If you’re considering a market flotation in London, here is the what, why and how of listing on AIM…

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