International and Emerging Markets Blog
Monday, January 16, 2012
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
performance,
India Watch,
growth,
emerging markets,
inflation,
India Economy,
interest rates 2011,
inflation 2011,
India Economy 2011,
Rupee Devaluation 2011,
interest rates,
political direction,
economic advisory council,
Rupee,
stock exchange
As we enter what will hopefully be a more promising year in economic terms for many of the world’s economies, let us take this opportunity to take a look back at the year just passed.
2011 was somewhat of an annus horribilis, with natural disasters in Japan and New Zealand, political uprisings across North Africa, riots in some of the UK’s major cities and what could still be, an economic time-bomb in the form of the Euro-zone debt crisis. All these factors, and many others, led to the continued economic uncertainty seen in both 2009 and 2010, and India, like many other emerging markets was not immune to the global economic turmoil.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 15
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
performance,
India Watch,
emerging markets,
FTSE,
London Stock Exchange,
India Hospitality Corp,
private equity,
economic growth,
iEnergizer,
london markets,
sector trends
Indian SMEs outperformed other small caps on the London markets in 2011, despite an overall muted performance across all indices. Year-end figures suggest the UK capital is still a strong contender for Indian businesses seeking markets in which to raise finance.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Brazil,
India,
Interviews
| Tags: India,
Grant Thornton,
Colin Johnson,
international,
insight,
due diligence,
energy,
Brazil,
staff,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Q&A,
disputes,
arbitration,
expert witness,
investigations,
Latin America,
profile, Q&A, insight
This month we welcome Colin Johnson to our blog series, which goes behind the scenes of our emerging markets services. Colin, who speaks Spanish, Portuguese and several other languages, communicates with an average of six different countries each day. But with his focus on Latin America, it is Brazil’s growth story that he recommends companies take a closer look at.
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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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Monday, October 03, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
Interviews
| Tags: business,
tax,
Grant Thornton,
entrepreneurs,
HNWIs,
UK,
South Asia Group,
tax planning,
insight,
interview,
staff,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Q&A,
Harish Dass,
High net worth individuals,
entrepreneurial services,
Entrepreneurial Services Tax Team
“Our relationship with a client is one of ‘the trusted adviser’,” says Tax Manager Harish Dass. Which means busy entrepreneurs can get on with their business without having to consult a whole team of advisers. Here Harish talks about his work with UK entrepreneurs, many of which are of South Asian origin, and why tax should be top of everyone’s’ agenda right now.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
India,
Grant Thornton,
China,
sponsor,
conference,
HSBC,
Manchester,
Nick Farr,
comment,
Telegraph,
Festival of Business,
opportunities,
exports,
panel,
opinion
What are the opportunities for UK businesses in Asian markets? We report from the ‘Looking East: India or China?’ panel discussion at today’s Telegraph Festival of Business, in partnership with Grant Thornton.
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Interviews
| Tags: business,
finance,
Grant Thornton,
insight,
due diligence,
interview,
corporate finance,
staff,
private equity,
people,
IPO,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Mo Merali,
Q&A,
transactions
As our Head of Private Equity, Mo Merali has led teams on all aspects of Transaction Advisory Services work, including a number of multi-million-pound cross-border assignments. Here we ask him about his toughest deals, pivotal career moments and what companies should be focusing on right now.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Interviews
| Tags: business,
Grant Thornton,
entrepreneurs,
China,
UK,
aim,
insight,
interview,
audit,
staff,
people,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Q&A,
China Britain Services Group,
Norman Armstrong,
assurance
A phone call from China in 2006 led Norman Armstrong to work on a six-month project to help a Chinese company list on AIM. He has been helping companies and entrepreneurs achieve their international ambitions ever since.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 13
| Tags: India,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
performance,
India Watch,
UK,
South Asia Group,
AIM,
IPO,
London listing,
share price,
PLUS,
capital markets,
main market,
raising finance,
equity
The Grant Thornton India Watch Index* showed the strongest performance in H1 2011 of all the major London indices, with a positive performance of 2.65%. This compares to FTSE 100 (0.78%) and FTSE AIM UK 50 (1.17%) and the falling AIM 100 (-8.54% ) and FTSE AIM All-Share (-8.10%).
Interestingly, since the start of the financial crisis in late 2008, the Grant Thornton India Watch Index has gained 142.85%, followed by the FTSE AIM ALL-SHARE (117.58%) and FTSE AIM 100 (112.46%) respectively, highlighting the sustained growth of the AIM market.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
Interviews
| Tags: tax,
India,
Grant Thornton,
HNWIs,
UK,
Grant Thornton India,
South Asia Group,
Anuj Chande,
interview,
Glasgow,
Edinburgh,
staff,
people,
Scotland,
Paula Fraser,
Meet our experts,
profile,
Q&A,
Asia
In the first of a new series, we’re introducing some of our key people at Grant Thornton and asking them about their work, and the issues facing their clients. First up is Paula Fraser, a tax director based in Glasgow, who specialises in advising businesses and individuals on tax but also works closely with the South Asia Group.
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