The easing of sanctions in Myanmar is encouraging western portfolio investors to start looking at the previously-restricted economy
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Frost & Sullivan on Private Equity: Emerging Economies Offer Attractive Fund Raising Opportunities and Scope for Growth
Diversified financial and real estate funds continue to be attractive investments For the private equity sector, 2011 was a roller coaster year, with the first half retaining the momentum from 2010 and the second half being affected by the global economic scenario.
As China costs rise, technology lures US factories home
After decades roaming the world in search of lower costs, U.S. manufacturers are finding that factories at home can compete with China, In dia, Mexico and other low-cost countries.
flocks of migrant workers in eastern China returning back home
Because of weakness of export to Europe and real estate, flocks of migrant workers in eastern China are returning back home.
Research shows 95% of Chinese stock traders support the idea of suspending IPO
China’s A Stock market underperformed persistently, and most of stock traders think the reason why Chinese stock market is the most bearish should be too many IPOs.
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Buyout firms are unwilling to sell businesses, bought in the boom, at knock-down prices for fear of missing out on big bonuses.
Israeli high-tech firms raised $453 million in venture capital in the second quarter, down 6 percent from the first quarter.
China was the main contributor to a 24 percent rise in new global investment in clean energy in the second quarter.
U.S. venture capital firms raised $5.91 billion in the second quarter, but the total went to just 38 funds.
In an otherwise dismal year for Asia's investment banking industry, a ray of hope has appeared from the most unlikely of places: Malaysia.
Financing to meet the needs of the renewable energy sector between now and 2030 will exhaust the capacity of banks and utilities, and lead to the involvement of the capital markets, among others.
Investment banking faces a shakeout and only large commercial players and boutiques offering outstanding service will survive and prosper, the head of emerging markets banking specialist Renaissance Group told Reuters.
Mergers and acquisitions activity fell 25 percent worldwide in the first half of 2012 as global economic uncertainty reined in companies' expansion plans.
Retail companies are proving to be a bright spot in a gloomy market for private-equity backed mergers and acquisitions.
