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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
China,
report,
UK,
survey,
IBR,
women in business,
CEO,
women,
CFO,
gender,
FD,
diversity,
female,
Hong Kong,
boardroom diversity,
figures
Chinese career women are wasting no time in climbing China’s corporate ladder and are far ahead of their UK counterparts: 34% of senior management positions – 19% (CEO) and 69% (FD or CFO) – in medium to large business in mainland China are held by women, which is miles ahead of the UK on gender diversity.
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Monday, May 09, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
growth,
UK,
international,
list,
Sunday Times,
league table,
HSBC,
sales,
companies,
leaders,
International Track 100,
ranking,
fastest growing,
successful,
International Track
Download the full 2011 list of the fast-growing UK companies by international sales, plus get a closer look at the leaderboard from yesterday’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 100, in association with Grant Thornton.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
China
| Tags: business,
tax,
India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
China,
growth,
UK,
infrastructure,
mergers,
IT,
mergers and acquisitions,
BRIC,
acquisition
2009 was an important year for the China automotive industry. This was the year that China exceeds the United States and Japan in becoming the top car manufacturer by production volume. 2010 saw China produce just under 14m units, a 33% increase from 2009 and therefore consolidating its position as the world’s largest automotive manufacturer. Into 2011, China’s position in the automotive market remains strong and this is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future.
As well as being the largest manufacturer, China is recognised as the largest automotive market in the world, given the size of the population where only one in five owns a car. The forecast is that by 2015, the demand for cars in China will reach 25m - 30m units. Foreign car manufacturers are therefore naturally drawn to such an exciting market where the number of potential consumers is staggering.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
tax,
India,
finance,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
governance,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
infrastructure,
GDP,
economic,
Capital Markets,
Alex Wright,
Indian Economy,
inflation,
IT
Over the first quarter of 2011, the World’s economies witnessed a number of significant set-backs in their growth stories. The recent natural disasters suffered by Japan and New Zealand, coupled with the on-going political turmoil in the Middle-East, have created an unsettled start to the year.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
India,
finance,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
Grant Thornton India,
international,
deals,
economic,
Indian Economy,
sectors,
IT,
India Economy
During the first quarter of 2011, India witnessed 143 merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions compared to 188 in the corresponding quarter of 2010. M&A transaction values for the period were estimated at US$17.88bn (Q1 2010 equaled US$17.44bn).
In Q1 2011, there was 60 cross-border transactions of which 26 were inbound transactions (into India) with a total value of US$13.75bn. Whereas, in comparison to Q1 2010 there were 69 cross-border transactions of which 23 were inbound with a value of US$1.12 bn.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
tax,
India,
finance,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
governance,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
infrastructure,
South Asia Group,
Grant Thornton India,
GDP,
South Asia,
economic,
inflation,
IT
The Union Budget 2010-11 was tabled in the backdrop of an improving economic scenario both within India and globally, but fiscal consolidation and expenditure discipline have still been rightly treated as the foremost priorities in this budget.
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| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
India,
finance,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
LSE,
infrastructure,
South Asia Group,
Grant Thornton India,
aim,
South Asia,
Capital Markets,
Fiona Owen,
FTSE,
IT,
India Economy
For the first quarter of 2011, the Grant Thornton India Watch Index* made a 1.19% gain, which proved to be the only index to perform positively in the quarter in comparison to the FTSE100, FTSE ASEAN, FTSE AIM All-Share, FTSE AIM 100 and FTSE AIM UK 50.
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
India
| Tags: business,
India,
economy,
links,
China,
UK,
GDP,
inflation,
Budget,
Five Year Plan
Post-Budget season, we round up news from the UK 2011 Budget, reaction to India’s recent Budget and look at how China’s Five Year Plans measure up to their aims. Plus, many more of our favourite global business reads from the past month.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: business,
India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
governance,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
risk,
South Asia Group,
Grant Thornton India,
international,
aim,
South Asia,
Capital Markets,
mergers
Last year saw a public debate in respect of the UK takeover regime which ensued as a result of the acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft. Some of the market participants were of the view that the UK takeover regime made it too easy for hostile offerors (i.e. offerors whose offers are not from the outset recommended by the board of the offeree company) to succeed. In addition, some commentators felt that the outcome of offers, particularly hostile offers, was influenced unduly by the actions of the so-called ‘short-term’ investors (eg persons who become interested in the shares of an offeree company only after the possibility of an offer has been publicly announced).
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| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
risk,
Grant Thornton India,
international,
aim,
GDP,
economic,
Capital Markets,
Alex Wright,
FTSE,
sectors,
India Economy
As we say farewell to 2010, we can take this opportunity to reflect upon the economic environment in India over the past year and also the opportunity to focus on some of the key areas of economic importance for the year ahead.
The first half of 2010 saw significant year on year growth, with GDP ranging between 8.5% and 8.8%. The year, however, was not without its problems, as highlighted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), economic activity in both the manufacturing and service sectors in India slowed in the 3rd quarter of the year while infrastructural development and investment continued to cause concern, along with India’s ‘old friend’ inflation.
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