International and Emerging Markets Blog
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
China ,
Interviews
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
China,
UK,
insight,
compliance,
interview,
audit,
staff,
companies,
IPO,
Meet our experts,
profile,
financial reporting,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
Q&A,
Andy Ka
“The number one issue concerning businesses in China and UK working with each other is culture,” says Andy Ka, a British-born Chinese who has worked in both the UK and China. In our latest interview, we go behind the scenes of Andy’s work with Grant Thornton’s China Britain Services Group and find out what is hot on his clients’ agenda right now.
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Thursday, February 09, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
report,
survey,
IBR,
financial,
International business report,
Europe,
debt,
EU,
crisis,
business leaders,
integration,
euro,
eurozone,
single currency,
sovereign debt crisis,
analysis,
How are business leaders in and around the European Union reacting to the eurozone crisis, do they still support the euro – and what do they think is the solution? Grant Thornton asked 50 senior executives in each economy to find out…
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
technology,
outsourcing,
tech,
IT,
ICT,
IT services,
cloud computing,
ICTE,
Vasudev Majumdar,
BPO,
Tech Edge
UK technology companies seeking opportunities for growth in India and investors contemplating investing in the Indian Information and Communication Technology (ICTE) industry may be interested to read Tech Edge.
This new sector report from Grant Thornton India details the latest news, issues and opportunities in India’s fast-growing IT industry.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
governance,
report,
growth,
infographic,
research,
IBR,
International business report,
Brazil,
expansion,
regulation,
red tape,
Greece,
bureaucracy,
Australia,
restraints,
Poland
Our graphic shows, by country, the percentage of businesses citing bureaucracy and regulations as a constraint on growth. Brazil is the BRIC most affected, while our International Business Report (IBR) research also shows India moving up the red tape rankings.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 | Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: China,
renminbi,
London trading hub for yuan,
Dim Sum bonds,
European RMB trading,
City of London to trade renminbi,
yuan trading,
RMB trading,
Chinese UK investment,
UK trade with China,
UK Chinese trade,
Chinese banks
I appeared this week on Jeff Randall’s Sky News show in an interview about George Osborne’s recent deal to allow banks in the City of London to trade renminbi (RMB). This deal is a potential game-changer for the UK’s trade relations with China. Find out how this deal can benefit UK businesses…
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Monday, January 16, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
Corporate Governance,
mergers,
Budget,
auditor,
Budget 2012,
incorporation,
bill,
companies bill 2011,
auditor's rotation,
companies act,
investor portection,
companies bill india,
A new Companies Act to amend the more than 50-year old Companies Act, 1956, is expected to be finally cleared in the Budget session in March 2012.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
performance,
growth,
India Watch,
emerging markets,
inflation,
India Economy,
interest rates,
inflation 2011,
interest rates 2011,
India Economy 2011,
Rupee Devaluation 2011,
Rupee,
political direction,
economic advisory council,
stock exchange
As we enter what will hopefully be a more promising year in economic terms for many of the world’s economies, let us take this opportunity to take a look back at the year just passed.
2011 was somewhat of an annus horribilis, with natural disasters in Japan and New Zealand, political uprisings across North Africa, riots in some of the UK’s major cities and what could still be, an economic time-bomb in the form of the Euro-zone debt crisis. All these factors, and many others, led to the continued economic uncertainty seen in both 2009 and 2010, and India, like many other emerging markets was not immune to the global economic turmoil.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: energy,
india,
private equity,
renewable energy,
capital,
fuel,
valuations,
renewable independent power producers,
IPPS,
coal,
electricity,
power,
indian renewables,
renewable companies
Power in India is a commodity in demand – mainly sourced by coal. India has the third-largest hard coal reserve in the world, however, the quality is relatively poor due to its low sulphur and high ash content. Additionally, supply is constrained to a small number of inefficient state-owned companies and India’s Ministry of Coal estimates that the demand will increase significantly in 2012. All these factors are attracting domestic and international private investment to the renewables sector.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: deals,
inflation,
acquisitions,
sectors,
mergers and acquisitions,
india,
private equity,
trends,
e-commerce,
inbound,
foreign direct investment,
outbound,
private equity 2011,
mergers and acquisitions 2011,
inflation rates,
deal 2011,
public markets
Amidst the ongoing global economic woes, rising domestic inflation and interest rates, the weakening rupee and a volatile Sensex, 2011 has contributed to robust Indian deal numbers. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity (PE) in India clocked up 961 deals with a total value of to US$51 billion in 2011 compared to 971 deals amounting to US$62 billion in 2010.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
performance,
India Watch,
emerging markets,
FTSE,
London Stock Exchange,
India Hospitality Corp,
private equity,
economic growth,
sector trends,
iEnergizer,
london markets
Indian SMEs outperformed other small caps on the London markets in 2011, despite an overall muted performance across all indices. Year-end figures suggest the UK capital is still a strong contender for Indian businesses seeking markets in which to raise finance.
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