International and Emerging Markets Blog
Thursday, October 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
M&A,
deals,
energy,
market,
Deal Tracker,
Grant Thornton LLP,
assets,
telecom,
tourism
Merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity in the first nine months of 2011 totaled US$ 32.6 billion from 465 deals compared to US$ 42.4 billion from 511 deals during the corresponding period in 2010. While the first half of 2011 kept pace with the corresponding period of 2010 in terms of deal value, the M&A space witnessed a marginal setback in the third quarter of 2011 owing to European debt woes, S&P’s downgrade of US sovereign debt, rickety markets and tightening monetary policy in India.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
tax,
compliance,
market,
relocation,
domicile,
cash flow,
intellectual property,
migration,
benefits,
redomicile,
IPO,
trading hubs,
feasibility
One hot topic around UK boardrooms right now is ‘Do we move offshore?’ Tax advantages are just one side of the story. Nick Farr, International Tax Partner, Grant Thornton, outlines the options for those thinking of relocating all or part of their business abroad.
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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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