International and Emerging Markets Blog

Indian AIM stocks returned 2.5 times your money this year

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories: | Tags: India, Grant Thornton, LSE, South Asia Group, India Price Index, Anuj Chande, AIM, Fiona Owen, Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange, KSK, Cross border, India Hospitality Corp

Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that the share prices of Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have collectively outperformed both the AIM 100 and the FTSE 100. The India Watch Index has soared by 153% in the year-to-date, following a 36% rise in the third quarter of 2009.

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Know your partner in business

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Background check on potential partner enables you to make the right decisions for mitigating transactional and operational risks.

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Cash rich Indian firms cushion fall of M&A in India

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: | Tags: India, offshore, global, India Watch, M&A, Grant Thornton India, South Asia Group, Anuj Chande, Alex Wright, Pankaj Karna, Cross border M&A

The recent instability in M&A activity throughout the second quarter of the year, as discussed in the last India Watch report, has continued into the third quarter of 2009. Where equity and commodity markets have seen rather unprecedented growth over the past 4 months, Indian M&A activity has seen a continued lack of stability or growth.

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Indian economy continues despite weaker monsoons and inflationary pressures

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories: | Tags: India, economy, India Watch, South Asia Group, GDP, South Asia, Capital Markets, economic, Indian Economy, FTSE, monsoon

The third quarter of 2009, often the quietest quarter of the year due to summer vacations, saw continued growth across both developed and emerging markets.

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The Indian Gold Rush and AIM

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Saurabh Mukherjea
Categories: | Tags: India, India Price Index, AIM, South Asia, Capital Markets, Indian Economy, London Stock Exchange, Alternative Investment Market, Noble and Company Limited, Saurabh Mukherjea, Sectors

The Indian economy grew by more than 6% last year and is likely to repeat that performance again this year. Unsurprisingly therefore, global investors are running to invest in the Indian stockmarket. In the six months since March 2009, $13.7bn of foreign equity capital has entered India. This is equal to the figure that entered India in the whole of FY08, a year which was hitherto viewed as the high watermark of foreign investor interest in India.

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