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,
India Economy 2011,
inflation 2011,
interest rates,
Rupee Devaluation 2011,
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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Thursday, December 22, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
China ,
India
| Tags: India,
links,
entrepreneur,
China,
Corporate Governance,
emerging markets,
international,
women in business,
International Track 100,
Arab Spring,
2011,
blog,
best
In case you missed them first time around, check out our most popular reads in 2011, covering everything from the business impact of the Arab Spring to the number of women in the boardroom around the world. In reverse order, our most-read posts were…
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India,
South Africa,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
global,
report,
growth,
survey,
emerging markets,
international,
IBR,
insight,
inflation,
International business report,
trends,
global economy,
recovery,
2012,
Ed Nusbaum
What will 2012 bring for both mature and emerging markets? Read on for our major new report surveying demand, employment, investment, inflation and access to finance across 40 economies. It’s a must-read for any business looking to navigate international opportunities at this difficult time.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
| Posted by: Mark Henshaw
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
India,
Thought leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
growth,
research,
emerging markets,
IBR,
International business report,
technology,
social media,
tech,
Europe,
media,
digital,
social business,
e-commerce,
Mark Henshaw,
ICT,
mobile,
G7
Businesses in emerging markets have taken to the use of social media much quicker than peers in mature markets, and the gap is set to widen, according to the latest findings from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR). Our Head of Media, Mark Henshaw, raises some questions for UK businesses seeking international growth.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 14
| Tags: India,
investment,
growth,
emerging markets,
GDP,
India Economy,
healthcare,
Capital goods,
Listed Indian Companies,
developed countries,
FMCG,
IT services,
equities
Indian markets have had a challenging 2011, first on domestic issues, and more recently on ‘global cues’. But how much will global events hurt Indian GDP and corporates? Not as much as expected.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Interviews
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
South Asia Group,
emerging markets,
South Asia,
insight,
interview,
sectors,
staff,
people,
Meet our experts,
profile,
service,
Q&A,
China Britain Services Group,
contacts
Who is the person that assists overseas companies with an IPO listing on LSE or AIM? Or leads on a M&A transaction for a UK firm expanding into India? Or who advises on China tax compliance? In a new series for the International Markets blog, we interview some key Grant Thornton people about their work…
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
India,
India Watch Issue 12
| Tags: business,
India,
investment,
economy,
Grant Thornton,
global,
China,
India Watch,
growth,
Grant Thornton India,
emerging markets,
international,
IBR,
economic,
Indian Economy,
inflation,
International business report,
IT,
India Economy,
BRIC
According to the latest results of the Grant Thornton International Business Report* (IBR) over Q4 2010 and Q1 2011 92% of Indian senior executives surveyed said they had an optimistic outlook for their country’s economy over the next 12 months, the second highest result globally, and an 8% rise from 12 months ago. Only Chile was more optimistic at 95%.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
Korea,
India
| Tags: business,
growth,
emerging markets,
list,
BRIC,
CIVETS,
groupings,
acronyms,
size,
potential
A swathe of new international political and economic groupings seems to be competing for the next generation of becoming the acronym king, the latest of which arrived this week in the form of the EAGLES. We’ve rounded them all up – how many do you recognise?
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
| Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Brazil,
China ,
Russia,
India
| Tags: risk,
emerging markets,
insight,
talent,
competition,
Economist,
conference,
BRIC,
globalisation,
Vince Cable,
summit,
videos
Here’s a list of the video presentations from business leaders and politicians at the Economist’s recent Emerging Markets Summit 2010 held in London in September. It looks like we may need to timetable some business viewing…
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