- 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
Auditors must plan audits differently
2014-15 is likely to be the year for massive changes to the regulatory framework within which Corporate India operates. Not only will we be operating under a new Companies Act 2013, but are likely to have the new Direct Tax Code (DTC), and possibly a unified Goods and Service Tax (GST).
M-commerce will drive online shopping in 2015
The year 2014 saw e-commerce sector keep everyone on the toes — be it the e-marketplace operators, logistics / supply-chain companies, vendors selling online as well as customers. The sector also ensured an action-packed year in terms of fund-raising by players like Flipkart, Amazon.in, Snapdeal, Jabong, Myntra, Bigbasket and Urbanladder, among others.
New ordinance eases land acquisition to push reforms
As a New Year gift, the government on Monday cleared an ordinance to amend the land acquisition Act, which will ease the land acquisition norms for power, housing and defence projects and pave the way for commissioning of stalled projects worth throusands of crores of rupees.
Domestic M&As surge to a four-year high in 2014
In all, Indian companies have concluded 247 M&A deals worth $16.17 billion this year, according to data from Grant Thornton India Llp. That’s the highest since 2010, when 373 domestic deals worth $18.3 billion were reached.
When law takes effect | Conversion of CSR benefits never so challenging: Rajib Kumar Debnath
The challenges imposed on India Inc by the Companies Act, on the CSR component is not the spend. Rather, it is on how it has to be spent, as stakeholders concerned would now, not just see it as a benevolence, but also from the perspective of accountability.
Heady year for e-commerce
There was plenty of media buzz with global investors and entrepreneurs such as Mayoshi Son, Jack Ma, Jeff Bezos and Ratan Tata investing and betting big on the Indian online market.
Insurance reforms to bring in foreign investment: Industry
CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said higher FDI in insurance “will help attract much-needed long term capital for the sector and would have multiplier effect on the state of economy, especially in meeting the huge infrastructure financing requirements.
Private equities bring $11 bn to India in 2014
This year, private equity (PE) funds pumped in $11 billion into Indian companies, 11 per cent more than last year, according to a report by Grant Thornton. While the overall merger & acquisition (M&A) volume in the country stands at $37 billion, the volume generated through qualified institutional placements and initial public offerings (IPOs) is $5 billion.
Cos Act Amendment Bill practical, easy to implement: Yogesh Sharma
The bill is among the first major initiatives by the government to make changes in the country’s regulatory framework to improve its global ranking for ease of doing business, where India has been ranked very low at 142nd position in the latest World Bank report.
Housing.com Raises $90m from Japan’s SoftBank
Real estate portal Housing.com has raised $90 million in a funding round led by Japan’s SoftBank, valuing the two-year-old company at about $250 million. New investors that participated in this round include Falcon Edge and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST Global.