International and Emerging Markets Blog
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 10
| Tags: India,
finance,
economy,
governance,
India Watch,
risk,
South Asia,
IFRS,
stockmarket,
IPO market,
IPO,
London listing,
Hemal Shah,
GAAP
After a sustained period of Indian IPO activity in London in 2007 and 2008, predictably 2009 and 2010 have seen a significant reduction in new admissions. As sentiment picks up with the global economic recovery, we are seeing positive signs that India Inc. is once again ready to seek IPO opportunities in London with i-Energizer and SKIL Ports & Logistics having successfully completed admissions to AIM in September and October 2010 respectively.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 10
| Tags: business,
India,
finance,
investment,
economy,
India Watch,
M&A,
risk,
deals,
South Asia,
mergers,
IT,
Sanjeev Gandhi
India’s economy continues to demonstrate sustained growth during 2010. There is significant liquidity in the market and sentiment is clearly on the rise. Our own view is that this upward trend is likely to be maintained in the medium term given the robustness of the domestic Indian market albeit against a backdrop of western economies which are still facing tremendous economic challenges.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China
| Tags: finance,
investment,
property,
China,
economic,
market,
Brazil,
Dubai,
crash,
bubble,
boom
High property prices, property tightening policies and the start of declining prices indicate a teetering property market in China, one that the Chinese government is trying to let the steam out of gently. Here Nick Huber tells the story of how the Dubai property bubble burst in 2009, as a hedge fund manager warns that China could be 1,000 times worse.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: business,
finance,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
IBR,
Clare Hartnell,
International business report,
Real Estate,
Construction,
audioboo,
podcast
It is fair to say that there is some optimism creeping into the mindset of the players in the construction and real estate sector. Transactions are definitely on the up. However there is still only limited finance available.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
Grant Thornton,
global,
South Asia Group,
South Asia,
economic,
Alex Wright,
Indian Economy
Now that we are more than half way through 2010, we are in a position to take stock of the first 6 months of the year and look ahead to what the second half of this year may hold for the Indian economy.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
Grant Thornton,
IBR,
International business report,
Emerging markets
The International Business Report (IBR) 2010 results offer some relevant insights into the health of the business populations in the emerging markets. This optimism that is permeating the emerging markets, despite the finance and labour constraints businesses find themselves under, highlights the potential in these markets for investment.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: finance,
investment,
economy,
emerging markets,
IBR,
International business report
In the Grant Thornton emerging markets opportunity index the top five countries this year remain the same as in the 2008. China leads the way thanks to its huge consumer market, increasingly open economy and trade growth, followed by the other developing Asian powerhouse, India. Russia, thanks to its wealth of natural resources, is third, followed by the two largest economies in Latin America - Mexico and Brazil.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: India,
finance,
economy,
Anuj Chande,
GDP,
South Asia,
Indian Economy
Anuj Chande, Partner and Head of South Asia Group, comments on the announcement from the Indian government on second quarter GDP data (July to September) showing 7.9% growth on the previous year.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
India Watch,
Glenn Stone,
infrastructure,
South Asia Group,
deals
India’s infrastructure problems have been widely reported. Airports are congested, railways are crowded, ports are clogged. Electricity shortages are common and a public healthcare system is practically non existent.
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