There is a lot of hype and excitement around Africa as the next hot spot for global investors but what they are quickly learning is that acquisitions do not come cheap.
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Social gifting: the new buzzword in e-commerce
Last year, the buzzword in e-commerce was Groupon Inc and its myriad of competitors that offered daily online coupons to entice shoppers in a down economy. Now, the latest fashion in retail is social gifting, where people get together on Facebook to buy each other gifts.
Grasp the Investment Opportunities in China's Capital Market
assets under management (AUM) in Asia ex-Japan & Australia, are expected to nearly double to US$4 trillion by 2015.
Facing New Regulations and Stakeholder Demands, Asset Management Industry Nears a Turning Point
The challenges facing the asset management industry such as the implementation of new regulations, are accelerating and could make the remainder of 2012 a turning point for many companies, compelling them to take transformational steps to improve their competitiveness.
ChinaVenture’s 2012 Annual Investment Conference to Be Held This Month in Shanghai
Thorough changes are taking place in China’s PE industry following an explosive growth in 2011, as evidenced in the slowing pace of capital deployments by PE funds amid weakening secondary markets and fewer IPOs in the first two months of 2012.
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Financing for roads and highways is likely to attract a growing number of public-private partnerships once Congress passes federal transportation funding, a panel of experts at a Federal Association of Municipal Analysts conference in Las Vegas said on Friday.
China is poised to boost quotas on outbound investment schemes to $100 billion and cut barriers to moving foreign currency in and out of the country in a series of swift but small steps to crank open its tightly controlled capital account.
