International and Emerging Markets Blog
Thursday, February 21, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
technology,
Brazil,
International business report,
remuneration,
Recruitment,
training,
Retention
A global skills shortage epidemic is highlighted in our latest survey. We ask how can growing businesses navigate the recruitment and employee skills gap – and suggest some ways to alleviate the issue.
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Thursday, February 07, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
IBR,
International Business Report,
Global outlook,
2013
Find out where the bright spots are for growth in 2013 in Grant Thornton’s latest International Business Report, which looks at the global economic outlook in the year ahead.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 19
| Tags: India,
India Watch,
Growth,
India Government,
Economic update,
Inflation,
Indian economic reforms,
Indian GDP 2013,
Foreign Direct Investment,
India Economy 2012
We take a look back at the Indian economy over the course of 2012 and look forward to what the future may hold. India’s economy was dogged by low growth, economic policy stagnation and persistent high inflation, however, 2012 might yet be seen as the year in which the Indian economy turned the corner.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 19
| Tags: India,
India Watch,
Inflation,
India Watch index 2012,
London market,
Foreign investors,
Fourth Quarter,
Retail sector,
Indian corporates,
Fiscal deficit,
Indian Government
The full year performance of the Grant Thornton India Watch Index remained strong, although growth in the fourth quarter was flat. It appears that the positive impact of the series of reforms announced by the Indian government was offset by investors’ concerns about the growing fiscal deficit, inflation and the slowing down of the Indian economy.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 19
| Tags: India,
companies act,
Companies Act 1956,
The companies Bill 2012,
Corporate sector,
India Corporate law,
Governance,
Auditors,
India's corporate legislation
The India Companies Bill 2012 is expected to become law in 2013. The bill is a significant step towards making India’s corporate legislation contemporary and in line with current business practices. The Bill both simplifies and complicates Indian corporate law and therefore developments around the implementation of the rules should be closely monitored.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 19
| Tags: India,
growth,
AIM,
London Stock Exchange,
stock market,
equity,
FTSE AIM 100,
AIM market 2012,
Primary markets,
IPOs,
Ibukun Abedayo,
Indian corporates in AIM
Ibukun Adebayo, Head of Equity Primary Markets at the London Stock Exchange, gives an overview of the AIM market in 2012 and explains that, from an Indian perspective, 2012 was a slow year. There are, however, positive signs that show robustness in the market and, in his opinion, AIM will continue to be a source of funding for Indian businesses.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 19
| Tags: Sectors,
M&A 2012,
India Mergers and Acquisitions 2012,
Deals 2012,
Mergers,
Internal Restructuring,
India Domestic Deals 2012,
India Private Equity 2012,
Cross border deals 2012,
Private equity 2012
A cautious deal making environment prevailed in 2012 with a significant decline in strategic M&A deal values and fewer bulge bracket deals as compared to 2011. The year saw M&A and PE in India clock up 1,001 deals totalling US$49 billion, as compared to 1,017 deals amounting to US$53 billion in 2011. Contrary to most expectations inbound M&A deal activity reverted to the single-digit levels seen in 2010 whereas outbound activity improved in 2012 as compared to 2011; PE activity continued its momentum driven by IT/ITES, pharma & healthcare and the real estate sectors.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: economy,
videos,
eurozone,
Spain
If you’re fed up of bad news on the economy and the eurozone crisis then you’ll enjoy this short video from Grant Thornton Spain, which gets our 2013 posts off to the perfect positive start.
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Monday, December 17, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
business,
China,
report,
Brazil,
Russia,
risks,
BRIC,
opportunities,
Q&A,
BRICS,
emerging economies,
strengths
Our recent blog series answered some of the frequently asked questions our clients have about doing business in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Here’s the roundup…
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Thursday, December 13, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: investment,
China,
M&A,
FDI,
foreign direct investment,
UK business
Rising levels of outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) from China are bringing opportunities for an east-west rebalance – with the UK becoming a prime target.
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