China was the main contributor to a 24 percent rise in new global investment in clean energy in the second quarter.
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Planners craft strategies to avoid new U.S. healthcare taxes
Tax planners are developing ways to help well-to-do U.S. clients avoid the full impact of taxes set to take effect next year.
IRS warned, but did not act on tax strategy for private equity
U.S. tax authorities took no formal action after launching a probe five years ago of tax strategies used by private equity managers.
Banks pin hopes on $7.6 billion AIA selldown to buffer poor year
Deal-starved bankers in Hong Kong are jostling for a role in what may be Asia-Pacific's biggest stock market event of the year.
China to let insurers boost PE investment-draft rules
China plans to double the amount insurers can invest in private equity and allow them to trade financial derivatives both at home and abroad.
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A sleepy fishing village just three decades ago, the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last year hosted more IPOs than New York, Hong Kong and London combined.
Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Friday made a stunning forecast: battery-powered cars will likely match the internal combustion engine in popularity by the middle of the next decade.
Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China's fast growing dairy sector.
According to a report from Federal Reserve, total corporate cash stored at the end of last year declined nearly $500 billion.
Private equity investments in energy offer rich pickings for investors willing to take a long-term view and capitalize on global trends.
European citizens, concerned about the deepening euro zone crisis, are flocking to New York to buy real estate as safe assets.
Asia's share of global private equity investments has doubled to 21 percent in the past four years, helped by last year's strong growth and that figure should continue to rise, a top McKinsey & Co executive told Reuters.
European Union lawmakers approved a draft law on Thursday making it easier to channel funds into start-up companies from next year.
Australian private equity returned 7.85 percent to investors in 2011. Australian private equity returned 7. 85 percent to investors in 2011, and on a three-year basis returns far outstripped the benchmark Australian stock index, industry data showed.
