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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Interviews
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
entrepreneurs,
China,
UK,
aim,
insight,
interview,
audit,
staff,
people,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Q&A,
China Britain Services Group,
Norman Armstrong,
assurance
A phone call from China in 2006 led Norman Armstrong to work on a six-month project to help a Chinese company list on AIM. He has been helping companies and entrepreneurs achieve their international ambitions ever since.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
| 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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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
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| 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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| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
growth,
India Watch,
UK,
South Asia Group,
Grant Thornton India,
international,
aim,
Anuj Chande,
South Asia,
Capital Markets,
Fiona Owen,
FTSE,
IT
In the last quarter of 2010, Grant Thornton’s India Watch Index gained 16.75%, outperforming both the FTSE 100 (6.33%) and the FTSE AIM UK 50 (12.60%), as well as other key indices.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: India,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
India Watch,
LSE,
South Asia Group,
aim,
South Asia,
Capital Markets,
Fiona Owen,
Indian Economy,
FTSE,
London Stock Exchange,
sectors,
Cross border,
Alternative Investment Market
Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have continued to outperformed both the AIM All-Share index and the FTSE 100 index. The outstanding performance of Indian firms listed in London and London’s position as a leading financial centre looks to have encouraged other Indian firms to look into raising funds here. Evidence of this can be seen in the impending £1.6 billion IPO of Essar Energy which is set to become London’s biggest flotation in almost ten years, with additional IPO’s also in the pipeline
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: India,
global,
India's Infrastructure,
Government and Advisory Services,
PFI,
Vikesh Mehta,
Amit Jain,
PPP,
infrastructure,
Grant Thornton India,
deals,
aim,
GDP,
Indian Economy
Vikesh Mehta, Partner & Amit Jain, Director - members of Grant Thornton India’s Government & Infrastructure Advisory team, discuss how India is working towards improving its infrastructure repertoire.
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: India,
investment,
economy,
global,
India Watch,
LSE,
South Asia Group,
aim,
economic,
Alex Wright,
FTSE,
Robert Beenstock
With the first quarter of 2009 now over, we have had the opportunity to develop a greater understanding of the global economic turmoil and the extent of its effects on India and the rest of the world.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: India,
investment,
India Watch,
LSE,
South Asia Group,
aim,
Fiona Owen,
FTSE
Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch index reveals that Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have collectively outperformed both the FTSE 100 and FTSE ASEAN indices over the first quarter of 2009 and continue to outperform the FTSE AIM All-Share, the FTSE AIM 100 and the FTSE AIM UK 50 indices since 1 January 2007.
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