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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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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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Thursday, January 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India Watch,
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Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) dramatically outperformed both the AIM All-Share and the FTSE 100 in 2009. The India Watch index soared by 212% in 2009, following a 23% rise in the final quarter of 2009. In comparison, the AIM All-Share only recorded gains of 66% in 2009, while the FTSE 100 saw a modest 22% rise in the last twelve months.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
| Posted by: Saurabh Mukherjea
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| Tags: India,
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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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