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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.

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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

The key compliance considerations for private investment funds caught by the looming US statute

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

Karan Talwar Noorul Hassan According to a recent Thomson Reuters M&A report, M&A deals in India were lowest in the last four years at $23.8 billion for January-September 2013. However, total cross-border M&A involving India grew 36.7% to $19.3 billion, driven by a 178% spike in outbound M&As, while inbound deals slipped 2.3% to $10.8 billion from the first nine months of 2012. The Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) has replaced the archaic 50 year old company law in India. The new Act promises to revamp the landscape of corporate restructuring and M&A in India, with fast track mergers between small companies and holding-subsidiary companies coupled with simplified procedures. More importantly, section 234 of the new Act now allows both inbound and outbound mergers and amalgamations with foreign companies as opposed to the earlier law, which specifically disallowed a foreign company from being a transferee company. The term foreign company has been defined as any company or 'body corporate' incorporated outside India, whether or not it has a place of business in India. However, only foreign companies established in jurisdictions yet to be notified by the government shall be allowed to merge with Indian companies.

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

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

Still the poster child for equity market reform