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
- Can online discount sales create a lasting impact?
- Government to bring clarity on internal financial controls
- Kishore Biyani hopes to get third-time lucky with Amazon tie-up
- 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
- Warburg glitter for Kalyan Jewellers
- Should a departing leader poach his employees?
- 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
- Companies Act will require lesser regulatory interventions, says Govt
- $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
- 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
- Domestic M&As surge to a four-year high in 2014
- M-commerce will drive online shopping in 2015
Grant Thornton in India appoints Vidya Rajarao as Partner and National Leader to lead its Forensic Services practice
Grant Thornton in India recently appointed Vidya Rajarao as partner to lead the Firm’s Forensic Services practice. She brings with her 15 years of investigative and forensic consulting experience in USA and India.
Related-party deals tie firms in knots
The concern now is that for businesses operating through multiple entity structure and that need to enter into frequent material transactions with each other, the control of the entities effectively may transfer from majority to minority, says Yogesh Sharma, partner, Grant Thornton India LLP, an assurance, tax and advisory firm.
Digital Evolution – Meeting challenges of a new paradigm
The author of this article is Girish Menon, Director, Advisory at Grant Thornton India LLP, an assurance, tax and advisory firm.
Minority shareholders can block special resolutions
Yogesh Sharma, partner (Assurance) Grant Thornton India, says “Under the previous Companies Act, minority share holders’ approval or consent was not necessary for entering Into related party transactions. ”
Auditor rotation must for select unlisted public, private companies
The threshold levels prescribed in the auditor rotation rules are “practical”, said Yogesh Sharma Partner, Assurance at Grant Thornton India LLP.
Govt makes rotation of auditors mandatory
“This implies that for situations where an individual auditor, or the audit firm, are due to complete the maximum term In office of five years and 10 years, respectively, (they) will have to (be) rotated out at the end of the 3-year transitional period starting from 1 April,” Yogesh Sharma, partner, assurance at Grant Thornton India LIP, said In an emailed statement.
New Rules for Auditors Issued by Govt
“A significant change from the draft rules is that final rules define a more practical threshold for identifying the class of companies,” said Yogesh Sharma, partner, Assurance at Grant Thornton India LLP.
Dynastic Politics: Do family members have a clear advantage?
There is no clear right or wrong in whether succession for a role is more appropriate from within a family or from outside the family. This is true for any role and in any kind of field — business, social service, sports, or for that matter, politics.
Grant Thornton named ‘Best managed international firm’
The Managing Partners’ Forum, a professional body that celebrates the value of leadership and management excellence, named Grant Thornton ‘Best managed international firm.’ Judged by an independent panel of subject matter experts, the award recognises the strength of Grant Thornton’s global strategy and leadership, which has enabled Grant Thornton to lead the major global accounting networks in revenue growth the last two years.
Support for quotas grows as proportion of women in senior business roles stagnates
On the eve of International Women’s Day, new research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) shows that despite an upsurge of debates and measures to promote gender equity in the workplace, the representation of Indian women in senior positions remains a cause of concern. The survey finds a growing support for regulation to get women onto boards and facilitate their careers paths.
