A U.S. regulation that limits how much of its own capital a bank can put at risk is causing headaches for Morgan Stanley as it prepares to raise a new multi-billion-dollar global infrastructure fund.

Start-ups fight back as patent wars intensify. The patent wars that have embroiled many of the world's technology giants in recent years are spreading to a new set of combatants: start-up companies and their venture-capital backers.

An investor in Tesla Motors Inc thinks it may be time for big competitors of the electric car maker to admit defeat on their electric models and focus on the next technological leap, perhaps flying cars.

Tax planners are developing ways to help well-to-do U.S. clients avoid the full impact of taxes set to take effect next year.

U.S. tax authorities took no formal action after launching a probe five years ago of tax strategies used by private equity managers.

Deal-starved bankers in Hong Kong are jostling for a role in what may be Asia-Pacific's biggest stock market event of the year.

China plans to double the amount insurers can invest in private equity and allow them to trade financial derivatives both at home and abroad.

China's insurance regulator said on Monday it will permit insurers to outsource management of their investments to securities brokerages and fund management companies (FMCs) for the first time.

Large investors in U.S. biotech companies are likely to capture serious windfall profits as deal activity picks up in the sector.

China was the main contributor to a 24 percent rise in new global investment in clean energy in the second quarter.