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For a long time the Act on Investment Aid in the Slovak Republic has regulated investment aid provided by the state budget to domestic and foreign entrepreneurs and investors. Investment aid may be provided in the following forms: financial grants from the state budget; income tax relief; grants for newly established employment positions or transfer of state property to the entrepreneur for a price lower than the given market price. Entrepreneurs can obtain investment aid in some of the listed forms for a project in one of the supported areas. The supported areas are: industrial production; technological centres; and, centres of strategic services and tourism. Providing investment aid for these areas was changed by extensive amendments to the Act on Investment Aid in force since May 1 2013.

The ins and outs of Europe’s new money market fund proposal, and how it compares to the US

The IMF’s Michaela Erbenova discusses the role of alternative credit, and the best approach to supervision

Mutual recognition, stronger capital markets, and extraterritoriality are at the heart of the region’s growth prospects

Who took home what from IFLR’s expanded 2013 awards ceremony

How to use Europe’s first model block transaction agreements, and how they will benefit the market

Canada is the only country in the industrialised world without a national financial regulator. Will a cooperative approach address its fragmented securities regime?

A fragmented regulatory framework, relationship-based lending and legal restrictions have hindered the development of China’s debt capital markets

The UK government’s questionable strategy to transform London into an offshore RMB hub

Given it is the world's biggest economy, the US is in an unusual position. It is working to attract foreign investor interest. While states have long competed for foreign direct investment (FDI), the US government is becoming more involved after the October shutdown and its near-default shook investor confidence.