Thursday, December 13, 2012
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China
| Tags: investment,
China,
M&A,
FDI,
foreign direct investment,
UK business
Rising levels of outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) from China are bringing opportunities for an east-west rebalance – with the UK becoming a prime target.
Friday, October 12, 2012
| 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.
Friday, September 28, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: finance,
investment,
report,
growth,
global,
insight,
GDP,
global economy,
analysis,
Global Dynamism Index,
global growth,
GDI2012,
GDI
Could mature markets hold a better key to your business growth than emerging ones? And how do dynamic businesses decide where to focus their strategy? We invite you to explore the data in our second Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI) to find out which countries offer business environments that can help facilitate business growth – and which might hinder it. You can assess 50 economies down to the smallest indicators…
Thursday, July 26, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
investment,
survey,
IBR,
International business report,
benefits,
London 2012,
cost,
sport,
sports,
Nigel Davies,
Olympic,
events,
Olympics
With the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony tomorrow, we ask why do countries host such costly sporting events? What exactly is the business and investment advantage? And is there a difference between emerging and developed economies when it comes to value? Grant Thornton’s latest International Business Survey (IBR) surveyed 3,000 business leaders on the business aspects of sport to find out…
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India
| Tags: India,
business,
investment,
entrepreneurs,
investors,
UKIBC,
UK India Business Council,
Ishan Saksena,
QPR,
Next Generation Network
Entrepreneur exchange, a new generation of rising talent and how to get an investor to part with capital… Ishan Saksena, businessman and former chairman and CEO of London football club, Queens Park Rangers (QPR), shared his views on the UK-India entrepreneurial ecosystem at a recent Grant Thornton-sponsored event in London.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 17
| Tags: India,
investment,
real estate,
FTSE AIM 100,
India Watch Smaller,
Caps Index 2012,
Indian's mining sector,
Indices performance,
index figures,
Indian's infrastructure sector,
Indian's energy sector,
FTSE AIM ALL-SHARE
In the second quarter of 2012, it was clear that investor uncertainty in respect to India had manifested itself. While the Grant Thornton’s India Watch index underperformed against its peer indices in the quarter, the year to date performance remains encouraging.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: investment,
growth,
research,
performance,
due diligence,
corporate finance,
conference,
strategy,
Story of the Deal,
advisory,
demand,
supply,
competitors,
Lushani Kodituwakku,
market research,
CDD,
market assessment,
Commercial Due Diligence,
leisure sector,
hotel
Any company seeking to expand overseas needs to do its homework first. We often blog about the issues facing UK companies seeking growth in India or China, but how does this work in reverse? How can fast-growing BRIC corporates, for example, assess a move to the UK?
Thursday, March 15, 2012
| Posted by: Nick Farr
Categories:
China ,
Thought leadership
| Tags: tax,
investment,
China,
cross-border,
financing,
Nick Farr,
Hong Kong,
Chinese,
CFC,
holding companies,
intermediary,
foreign investment,
structures,
Singapore,
financing company partial exemption,
WHT,
FCPE,
withholding tax,
HK,
intermediate,
substance,
restructuring
If setting up or investing into China from the UK, a Hong Kong or Singapore intermediate holding company offers a popular way to structure investments. But recent changes in China’s legal and regulatory framework are making foreign direct investment and/or restructuring more tax-efficient in certain cases.
Friday, February 17, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: India,
finance,
investment,
China,
report,
growth,
insight,
GDP,
inflation,
Brazil,
Russia,
BRIC,
forecast,
global economy,
optimism,
BRICS,
emerging economies,
analysis,
Keep up to date with the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) – how they are propping up the global economy but also some of the issues they face in 2012 on finance, inflation and investment. Here are some of the highlights from Grant Thornton’s latest survey report.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
investment,
growth,
emerging markets,
GDP,
India Economy,
healthcare,
IT services,
Capital goods,
FMCG,
equities,
Listed Indian Companies,
developed countries
Indian markets have had a challenging 2011, first on domestic issues, and more recently on ‘global cues’. But how much will global events hurt Indian GDP and corporates? Not as much as expected.
