As North America and Europe slow down, Sigieri Diaz Pallavicini, CEO of Greentech Energy Systems, says that the company must be selective with its investment and expand its focus to new geographies.
African finance ministers look to pastures new
Speaking to fDi at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Tokyo, finance ministers from Côte d’Ivoire, Lesotho, Rwanda and Uganda discuss the very different challenges their countries face when it comes to attracting investment from both stagnant developed markets and newly active emerging markets, particularly those within Africa.
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Dubai bounces back
The property crash that hit Dubai in 2008 put an end to years of rapid growth. While these wounds are not yet fully healed, the emirate is returning to strength and is retaining its allure to investors as the safest of havens with the finest infrastructure in the Middle East.
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/ Middle East & Africa
/ UAE
Dubai's free zones: something for everyone
Dubai’s free zones are drawing in businesses unfamiliar with the Middle East, thanks to a combination of an impressive infrastructure, sound business advice being on offer and low taxation.
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Kenya 'on growth trajectory'
Kenya's permanent secretary to the Ministry of Finance says 2013's elections will not shake the country's improving economy.
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Tax trap for investors in US
Firms investing in the US need to be aware of tax issues on a state and local level, as well as federally.
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M&A need more holistic approach
A lack of coherent overview during mergers and acquisitions is impeding deals, a report finds.
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/ Asia-Pacific
/ China
China woos foreign companies to western provinces
China has lowered tax rates for foreign businesses investing in the western provinces to stimulate development.
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Agency to connect Chinese investors with European companies
New agency to support China investment abroad shows the country's push to expand on a global scale.
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Fund seeks to tap MEA debt markets
Increased interest in the Middle Eastern and African debt markets has prompted an Abu Dhabi fund manager to launch a new fund to target opportunities in this area.
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