While banks received USD2.3 billion in quantitative easing, they haven't been lending to small businesses and consumers and have pushed then to peer-to-peer lenders.
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Analysts skeptical about turnaround time to overhaul, implement China's IPO system
Although China's support to overhaul the current system of registration-based stock issuance, analysts said it might take a long time for the new system to be adopted.
Final draft of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement can affect startups - report
A VentureBeat article urged startups to push for involvement in the drafting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement to ensure that provisions in the trade agreement are not biased.
WSJ report challenges role of private equity in average consumer
Becky Pritchard conducted an investigative report for the Wall Street Journal about how private equity had embedded itself deeply in an average consumer's life.
China eyes property in the West
Chinese institutional investors' outbound investment in real estate will continue to increase next year as buying opportunities emerge in the United States and Europe and international financial institutions dispose of their property assets.
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Additional requirements on the amended Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS) of 2012 would still hinder entrepreneurs and companies to secure funding via social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Private equity firms investing in India seek government action on alleged fraud with portfolio firms
Many local and foreign private equity firms have been seeking the government of India to conduct investigations on alleged fraud and poor corporate standards of some portfolio companies.
The Third Plenum reiterated the central role of state-owned enterprises as well as the the large role markets play in the future of the Chinese economy.
In a recent study, the National Bureau of Economic Research said that combined costs associated with private equity fund investments are significantly huge. This essentially makes PE investments not so great in the long haul.
Nigeria-based Henshaw Capital Partners Founder and Chief Executive Officer Barbara James said Nigeria could build a USD 20 billion private equity industry by 2020.
A Wall Street Journal report said big banks were thinking of blocking traders from chat rooms as regulators intensify probes on market manipulation and collusion
Germany's coalition government formalized a measure to provide funds and expertise for a European bank to manage the loan agreements and if necessitated, closure of banks.
New broadcasting firm BT acquired exclusive rights to broadcast UEFA football games. BT had scored a coup in the multibillion pound sports broadcasting market.
Since the Facebook bungle, Nasdaq had been hard pressed to recover to list more tech IPO stocks in its fold.
