- 2014
- Retail is the single biggest opportunity in the mid to long term
- Europe Joins India In Audit Reform
- When the BOOT pinches
- Sales that return to haunt the book-keeper
- For the right kind of ‘prudence’
- How well do you know the company you’re after?
- A fine balancing act
- Tread cautiously on the guarantee path
- Limitation of benefits clause: Indo-Mauritius tax treaty
- Plugging the TDS loophole on payments abroad
- Auditors must plan audits differently
- India Inc. optimistic about growth, economy in 2014
- India slips from top to 8th spot in global business optimism index: Survey
- India slips from top to 8th spot in biz optimism
- Indian M&A should perk up post elections: Grant Thornton
- Business leaders welcome increased focus on transfer pricing clarity
- 50% Indian businesses believe their successors will be appointed from within the business
- Support for quotas grows as proportion of women in senior business roles stagnates
- Grant Thornton named ‘Best managed international firm’
- Dynastic Politics: Do family members have a clear advantage?
- New Rules for Auditors Issued by Govt
- Govt makes rotation of auditors mandatory
- Auditor rotation must for select unlisted public, private companies
- Minority shareholders can block special resolutions
- Digital Evolution – Meeting challenges of a new paradigm
- Related-party deals tie firms in knots
- Grant Thornton in India appoints Vidya Rajarao as Partner and National Leader to lead its Forensic Services practice
- Indian business optimism at its highest since 2010: Grant Thornton
- Deal Tracker Q1 2014
- The Audit Revolution: Mandatory Firm Rotation
- M&A deals value at $16.3 bn in January-May this year – Grant Thornton
- Indian companies may see 20-year bull run in US
- ‘Growing communities: How charity leaders govern social media globally to thrive online’
- No Roadmap Announced But Opportunity Not Lost Yet!
- Smart cities, a necessity
- Column: Fix internal financial control issues fast
- PE investment activity in July jumps to $1.85 bn: Thornton
- Product development and innovation top concerns for F&B industry: Report
- Learning and Development at workplace: Changing Paradigms, Emerging Trends
- Now, an anonymous platform for tip-offs on market manipulation
- Venture capitalists put $1 billion into early-stage projects in 2014 on back of rising ecommerce deals
- MAT-paying firms get relief as govt tweaks norms
- Can online discount sales create a lasting impact?
- Government to bring clarity on internal financial controls
- Wait may get longer for crowdfunding
- Kishore Biyani hopes to get third-time lucky with Amazon tie-up
- Single window needed
- Auditors get another year for internal financial controls reporting
- Citibank and SBI experimenting human-less digital banking experience at the mall
- Flipkart looks to restructure team, plans to make marketplace more effective
- Flipkart looks to restructure team, plans to make marketplace more effective
- India Inc Shying Away from New Investments
- Capital Raising: Accounting Rules That May Haunt You!
- Warburg glitter for Kalyan Jewellers
- Should a departing leader poach his employees?
- Tax pressure eases on existing AIFs
- Exchanges plan stake sales in depository arms
- Season for private equity exits via IPOs
- PE investments during January-September touch $8.4 billion: Report
- PE investments during January-September touch $8.4 billion: Report
- PE investments touch $3.1 bn in July-September quarter: Grant Thornton
- SoftBank picks up stake in Snapdeal, Ola
- Government eases FDI norms for real estate sector; MSP hikes kept at a 10-year low
- Companies Act will require lesser regulatory interventions, says Govt
- Ind AS & Derivative Accounting
- $250b power push on the cards
- Chinese companies eye India’s growing mobile Internet users
- Laws that regulate black money in India
- Private equity deals pick up pace in 2014
- Conglomerates on the lookout for distressed power assets
- Centre may ease overseas flight norms
- Snapdeal, Amazon no match for Alibaba on sale day; Chinese e-commerce giant clocks $1 bn in 20 minutes
- The business of shutting shop gracefully | Ensuring smooth closure a big task
- Top private equity firms step up India investments
- PE and foreign funds rush to agri-logistics
- Do we really care for our women staff?
- Shell wins transfer-pricing tax dispute in Bombay HC
- Startups backed by Ratan Tata, Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji win easy publicity and credibility
- Sebi tightens insider trading, listing rules
- Kotak-ING merger opens the door for more consolidation
- Can India keep its flag high?
- M&A deal tally at $29 bn till Oct, up 23%
- Ascent Capital-backed hospital acquires Al Shifa
- Govt guidelines to clarify ‘arm’s length’, ‘ordinary course of business’ definitions
- Making the company law work
- Power play: Private players plug into the M&A route to scale up
- Domestic i-banks increase focus on e-commerce
- Governance practices improving in India Inc: Grant Thornton
- ‘Corporate governance better, women representation still abysmal’
- Companies tweaking staff contracts to manage whistle-blowers
- Reliance Games looks to sell 26% stake to international gaming firms
- Reliance Capital to sell multiplex biz to Carnival for ₹700 crore
- M&A Buzz in Auditing as New Cos’ Act Makes Smaller Firms Takeover Targets
- How should firms deal with a ban|Manage the crisis efficiently: Vishesh Chandiok
- Cos Act Amendment Bill practical, easy to implement: Yogesh Sharma
- Housing.com Raises $90m from Japan’s SoftBank
- Lok Sabha clears changes to Companies Act to improve business climate
- Cabinet clears GST Bill, may be presented in Parl soon
- Private equities bring $11 bn to India in 2014
- Heady year for e-commerce
- Insurance reforms to bring in foreign investment: Industry
- When law takes effect | Conversion of CSR benefits never so challenging: Rajib Kumar Debnath
- New ordinance eases land acquisition to push reforms
- Domestic M&As surge to a four-year high in 2014
- M-commerce will drive online shopping in 2015
Lok Sabha clears changes to Companies Act to improve business climate
The amendments propose to relax the rules for related party transactions, drop the minimum capitalisation norms and prescribe a threshold for reporting fraud by auditors. They also prescribe penalty for companies raising deposits illegally.
Cabinet clears GST Bill, may be presented in Parl soon
The Union Cabinet late on Wednesday cleared the Constitutional Amendment Bill for Goods and Service Tax (GST), paving the way for the Bill to be presented in the Parliament in the winter session itself that concludes on December 23. The Centre and the states reached a consensus on all contentious issues earlier this week.
M&A Buzz in Auditing as New Cos’ Act Makes Smaller Firms Takeover Targets
There’s renewed M&A activity in the Indian auditing space, thanks to the new Companies Act, which, after it comes into force in three years, will make it mandatory for Indian companies to change their auditors every 10 years.
How should firms deal with a ban|Manage the crisis efficiently: Vishesh Chandiok
Experts talk about the steps a leader should take when faced with a possible ban on their firm’s services or products.
Reliance Capital to sell multiplex biz to Carnival for ₹700 crore
Reliance Capital has agreed to sell the multiplex business of Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) to Carnival Cinemas for ₹700 crore, signalling further consolidation in the Indian cinema exhibition space.
Reliance Games looks to sell 26% stake to international gaming firms
Reliance Games, the mobile gaming division of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment Group, is looking to sell at least a 26% stake to international gaming companies to raise capital and expand its offerings, according to two people directly familiar with the development.
Companies tweaking staff contracts to manage whistle-blowers
In this April, the Securities and Exchange Board of India asked listed companies to form a mechanism through which employees and directors can complaint about frauds, corruption, company’s code of conducts or ethical codes. But the new clauses being introduced by some companies may allow them to manage any whistle blowing.
‘Corporate governance better, women representation still abysmal’
The representation of women on boards of top Indian companies continues to remain low even as corporate governance practices across top 150 companies have seen an improvement, says a recent report by Grant Thornton.
Power play: Private players plug into the M&A route to scale up
The Adani Group, after acquiring the Lanco Infratech’s 1200 MW Udipi power plant for about ` 6000 crore in August, went on to acquire Avantha Power’s 600 MW Korba West project in Chhattisgarh for `4200 crore in November. This makes Adani the top private sector player with a total installed capacity of 11040 MW.
Domestic i-banks increase focus on e-commerce
Local investment banks (i-banks) are setting up dedicated teams to pitch for assignments from the country’s e-commerce companies in a bid to capture a slice of the frenzied deal activity in the booming industry where companies such as Flipkart and Snapdeal are raising billions of dollars in new funds.