International and Emerging Markets Blog
Thursday, March 15, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: tax,
investment,
China,
cross-border,
financing,
Nick Farr,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
CFC,
holding companies,
foreign investment,
intermediary,
structures,
Singapore,
financing company partial exemption,
WHT,
FCPE,
withholding tax,
HK,
intermediate,
substance,
restructuring
If setting up or investing into China from the UK, a Hong Kong or Singapore intermediate holding company offers a popular way to structure investments. But recent changes in China’s legal and regulatory framework are making foreign direct investment and/or restructuring more tax-efficient in certain cases.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India
| Tags: statistics,
report,
UK,
IBR,
women in business,
women,
female,
Europe,
International Business Report,
quotas,
IWD,
International Women’s Day
Two reports released for International Women’s Day last week came to very different conclusions – so which is correct? The FT analysed the survey data from both Grant Thornton and the Economist Intelligence Unit…
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Thursday, March 08, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: statistics,
report,
UK,
IBR,
women in business,
women,
International business report,
female,
Europe,
quotas,
IWD,
International Women's Day
Which are the top 10 countries for employing women in top roles – and which are the 10 worst? Grant Thornton has been tracking the proportion of women in senior management across 40 economies since 2004. Now our 2012 survey figures, released to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), reveal which of the world’s economies are the most business-friendly for women.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
business,
economy,
links,
report,
infrastructure,
insight,
technology,
tech,
Real Estate,
employment,
HR
Don’t miss our latest focus reports and sector insights covering HR, employment, tech, real estate, infrastructure and a special India country report…
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