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Thursday, October 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
India Watch,
investors,
Capital Markets,
FTSE,
London listing,
Real Estate,
equity,
oil companies,
gas companies
The India Watch small-cap index* outperformed all major London indices in the third quarter of 2011, falling by only 8.12% compared to the FTSE 100 (-13.74%) and FTSE AIM 100 (-20.6%).
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 13
| Tags: India,
India Watch,
UK,
South Asia Group,
AIM,
Capital Markets,
Hugh Sandeman,
liquidity,
PLUS,
main market,
raising finance
One of the first things that investors ask Indian companies planning a London listing is how this fits with their financial strategy. They’re not expecting a single answer to this question: it can make just as much sense for a domestic Indian power generator to go offshore and IPO in London, as it can for an Indian company with global ambitions and operations. But what investors do want to hear is that the Indian promoter is going to put his or her full confidence in the long term in the London market as the vehicle for growing their company.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 13
| Tags: India,
economy,
China,
India Watch,
growth,
UK,
South Asia Group,
Anuj Chande,
Capital Markets,
inflation,
Reserve Bank of India,
RBI
This halfway point in the calendar year provides us with an ideal opportunity to review India’s economic and political status over the past few months and also to look forward to what the remainder of the year might have in store.
There seems no better item to start with then what has now become a fairly routine announcement from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Last month the RBI raised interest rates for the 10th time in 18 months. The repurchase rate was raised by 25 basis points to 7.5% as the RBI continued to try and curb inflationary pressure. As with the first quarter of the year, wholesale-price inflation (around 9.1% year-on-year to the end of May) continues to be fuelled by high oil prices and strong domestic demand.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
tax,
India,
finance,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
governance,
India Watch,
growth,
UK,
infrastructure,
GDP,
Capital Markets,
economic,
Alex Wright,
Indian Economy,
inflation,
IT
Over the first quarter of 2011, the World’s economies witnessed a number of significant set-backs in their growth stories. The recent natural disasters suffered by Japan and New Zealand, coupled with the on-going political turmoil in the Middle-East, have created an unsettled start to the year.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
India,
investment,
finance,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
India Watch,
growth,
LSE,
UK,
infrastructure,
Grant Thornton India,
South Asia Group,
aim,
South Asia,
Fiona Owen,
Capital Markets,
FTSE,
IT,
India Economy
For the first quarter of 2011, the Grant Thornton India Watch Index* made a 1.19% gain, which proved to be the only index to perform positively in the quarter in comparison to the FTSE100, FTSE ASEAN, FTSE AIM All-Share, FTSE AIM 100 and FTSE AIM UK 50.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: business,
India,
economy,
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India Watch,
growth,
UK,
risk,
Grant Thornton India,
South Asia Group,
aim,
international,
South Asia,
Capital Markets,
mergers
Last year saw a public debate in respect of the UK takeover regime which ensued as a result of the acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft. Some of the market participants were of the view that the UK takeover regime made it too easy for hostile offerors (i.e. offerors whose offers are not from the outset recommended by the board of the offeree company) to succeed. In addition, some commentators felt that the outcome of offers, particularly hostile offers, was influenced unduly by the actions of the so-called ‘short-term’ investors (eg persons who become interested in the shares of an offeree company only after the possibility of an offer has been publicly announced).
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| Posted by: Grant Summers
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GDP,
Capital Markets,
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Alex Wright,
FTSE,
sectors,
India Economy
As we say farewell to 2010, we can take this opportunity to reflect upon the economic environment in India over the past year and also the opportunity to focus on some of the key areas of economic importance for the year ahead.
The first half of 2010 saw significant year on year growth, with GDP ranging between 8.5% and 8.8%. The year, however, was not without its problems, as highlighted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), economic activity in both the manufacturing and service sectors in India slowed in the 3rd quarter of the year while infrastructural development and investment continued to cause concern, along with India’s ‘old friend’ inflation.
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| Posted by: Grant Summers
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South Asia Group,
aim,
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Anuj Chande,
South Asia,
Fiona Owen,
Capital Markets,
FTSE,
IT
In the last quarter of 2010, Grant Thornton’s India Watch Index gained 16.75%, outperforming both the FTSE 100 (6.33%) and the FTSE AIM UK 50 (12.60%), as well as other key indices.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
India Watch,
LSE,
South Asia Group,
Fiona Owen,
Capital Markets,
London Stock Exchange
Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that, over the last quarter, there has been a drop in the share prices of India-focused oil and gas companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). This was, however, not unexpected given the knock on effect of BP’s exploration disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Nevertheless, it has in-turn set back the India Watch Index, which was further impacted by other environmental concerns in connection with the mining sector. As a result of the above, a number of investors in the natural resources sector are now beginning to anticipate that India may introduce tougher regulatory rules for oil exploration, deepwater drilling and mining.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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| Tags: India,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
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South Asia Group,
aim,
South Asia,
Fiona Owen,
Capital Markets,
Indian Economy,
FTSE,
London Stock Exchange,
Cross border,
sectors,
Alternative Investment Market
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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