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Before the UK can become the first non-Muslim country to issue an Islamic bond, there remain some structural issues to iron out

The Amata B. Grimm infrastructure fund IPO represented the first listing of an energy-related infrastructure fund and only the second listing of an infrastructure fund in Thailand. It is expected to spark copycat transactions

What to expect from the Chinese government’s latest foreign investment and trade strategy

Why it’s right for activist investors to rely on the SEC rules allowing the disclosure of material information on social media

In April 2013, the Act Governing Private Sector Participation in or Operation of State Activities (2013) was published. The Act supersedes the 1992 version, which presented several issues for parties wishing to enter joint investment contracts with state-owned enterprises. These issues include an unclear and overlapping authority of several government regulators, with the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) refusing to play a significant role, and substantial delays and increased costs in project approval, with no clear definition of what constitutes a state-owned enterprise. In addition, the old Act does not provide for contract renewals or amendments, or the scope of discretion for project approval.

On July 22 2013, the new EU regime on licensing and supervision of alternative investment funds (AIFs) took effect, as Delegated Regulation (231/2013) supplementing the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (2011/61/EU) (the AIFMD) entered into force. Cyprus had already transposed the AIFMD into national law earlier in July, in the form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Law of 2013 (Law 56(I) of 2013: the AIFM Law).

Shuanghui’s acquisition of Smithfield was the largest Chinese takeover of a US company to-date. Here’s why it signals that the US is open to Chinese investment

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.

IFLR1000’s 2014 rankings identify the law firms shaping Asia and Africa’s most exciting project finance markets

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