Thailand is ready to launch a BHT2 trillion infrastructure investment project in 2014, which could potentially boost the country's economy after a slowdown this year.

The city of Detroit has paid around USD23 million in fees to lawyers, consultants and financial advisers as it awaits a court decision determining its eligibility for bankruptcy protection from creditors.

India's corporate real estate developer RMZ Corp is set to acquire the Four Seasons hotel project in Bangalore in a deal that is valued at USD100 million.

China has accounted for as much as 80% of global growth in metal demand in recent years, driven by its extensive investments in infrastructure and real estate projects.

The Philippines' state-run pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) allotted PHP2 billion of its cash for additional investments in local stocks, according to the firm's president Robert Vergara.

A Business Standard report said impact investors and social entrepreneurs in India are now concentrating their investments on the urban poor market. These social ventures have been steadily gaining ground with investors providing seed and early stage capital.

Reforms made in the financial services industry through the retail distribution review or RDR implemented in January by a UK regulator has brought private equity to the arms of wealth managers, according to a report from Citywire.

Chrysler Group LLC appointed Barclays Plc, Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley and UBS AG to help underwrite its proposed initial public offering slated in December. Chrysler filed for an IPO in September.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc lost more than $1 billion on currency trades during the third quarter, recent regulatory filings show, offering some insight into why the firm, reported its worst quarter in a key trading unit since the financial crisis.

The US Treasury Department will meet with the banking industry in December to give guidelines on how to deal with marijuana businesses in states that have legalized marijuana use.