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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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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| 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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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 19
| Tags: India,
companies act,
Companies Act 1956,
Governance,
India Corporate law,
Corporate sector,
The companies Bill 2012,
India's corporate legislation,
Auditors
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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| 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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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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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
business,
report,
risks,
BRIC,
opportunities,
Q&A,
BRICS,
emerging economies,
strengths
Experts from our emerging markets team have been answering your questions on issues around expansion into the BRIC economies. In the final part of our series, Anuj Chande, Head of South Asia Group, answers your concerns about doing business in India.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 18
| Tags: India,
Central Board of Direct Taxes,
Advance Pricing Agreements,
Tax,
Transfer Pricing 2012,
Tax authorities,
Transfer Pricing
The Indian Transfer Pricing (TP) regulations have undergone a sea change in the past few months. Since the inception of the regulations, transfer pricing has emerged as the biggest area of tax dispute. To address such disputes, the government introduced various amendments in the TP regulation in the Finance Bill 2012. What are the key amendments?
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 18
| Tags: India,
India Watch,
India economy 2012,
Manmohan Singh,
Growth,
India Government,
Economic update,
India reforms,
India strikes,
Inflation,
reforms 2012
On the back of a persistent economic unease, Indian policy makers announced new economic reforms in September. The new reforms, if implemented, will pave the way for global businesses to buy up to 51% of the country’s multi-brand retailers and allow them to sell directly to Indian consumer for the first time. Will this jump-start Indian economy?
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 18
| Tags: India,
investment,
infrastructure,
FTSE,
India Economy,
Real Estate,
FTSE AIM 100,
India economy 2012,
India Watch Smaller,
Caps Index 2012,
index figures,
reforms 2012,
India's Power sector
The year to date performance of the Grant Thornton India Watch Index continues to remain strong, although this quarter saw underperformance against its peer indices. Investors’ concern over the slowing down of the Indian economy, depreciation of the Indian Rupee and the political uncertainty surrounding economic reforms was reflected in the third quarter.
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