Citations with the tag: INVESTMENTS -- Government policy

Results 1 - 50

• Investment Overview.
   // Saudi Arabia Country Review; 2001/2002, p55 

  Looks at strategies used by the Saudi Arabian government to attract foreign direct investments (FDI). Public-private sector cooperation in promoting investment opportunities and projects facilitating the growth of industry and the transfer of technology; Regulatory and procedural framework...

• Investment Manager Regime arrangements extended.
   // Money Management; 5/19/2011, Vol. 25 Issue 18, p6 

  The article reports on the use of the Federal Budget to extend the Investment Manager Regime arrangements in Australia.

• Investment policy clarified.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Mar1995, p10 

  No abstract available.

• Foreign ventures to be scrutinised.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Mar1995, p10 

  No abstract available.

• Investment procedures to be streamlined.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Mar1995, p12 

  No abstract available.

• Recent legal reforms the most wide-ranging in a decade.
  Simpson, David // Asian Business Review; Mar1995, p38 

  No abstract available.

• Japan encourages direct investment by foreigners.
  Simpson, David // Asian Business Review; Jun95, p16 

  Reports on the Japanese government's release of a package of measures designed to encourage direct investment in Japan by foreign companies.

• Seoul gives foreigners a bigger piece of the stock market.
  Simpson, David // Asian Business Review; Jun95, p16 

  Reports on the South Korean government's decision to increase foreign participation in the stock market to 15%. Expected boost to the equity market.

• Agriculture investment incentives introduced.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Jul95, p13 

  Reports on the Vietnamese government's offering of land rental and other incentives to foreign investors, in a bid to attract more than $1 billion in the farm, fish and forest industries by 2000.

• Taiwan requires high level of investment in stock exchange.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Jul95, p48 

  Reports on Taiwan's plan to require foreign institutional investors to put 75% of the money they bring into the country into stocks.

• Regional review: Vietnam.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Aug97, p15 

  Presents information about the foreign investment market in Vietnam. Exceptions to ventures allowed for foreign companies; Statistics on annual per capita income in Vietnam; Opening of the first internet service provider in the country; Expansion projects in Ho Chi Minh City by Itochu of Japan;...

• U.K. eases life insurer reserves rules.
  Aldred, Carolyn // Business Insurance; 10/1/2001, Vol. 35 Issue 40, p17 

  Reports the decrease in restrictions of investment rules for insurance companies in Great Britain. Avoidance from having to sell stocks after decline in prices; Management of investment portfolios through regulatory solvency.

• Choosing the 404(c) core options: A checklist for plan sponsors.
  Markland, Judy // Employee Benefits Journal; Mar1993, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p26 

  Presents a checklist for the application of the Department of Labor's ERISA 404(c) regulations to aid plan sponsors in selecting a good set of investment options for plan participants. Basic principles; Antiselection funds; Plan changes.

• Incentives for foreign private investment in Pakistan.
  Kazi, Fazul Suleiman // Economic Review (05318955); Sep96, Vol. 27 Issue 9, p35 

  Describes government efforts to provide incentives for foreign investments in Pakistan. Objectives of the industrial policy; Provisions of the Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act of 1976; Priority areas for foreign investment in several sectors.

• Investment.
  Kazi, Fazul Suleiman // Economic Review (05318955); Nov97, Vol. 28 Issue 11, p42 

  Presents Pakistan's 1997 investment policies. Opening of agriculture, real estate, retail and wholesale trade, tourism industries and infrastructure development to foreign investors; Establishment of national industrial zones.

• Xen and economic maintenance.
  Kazi, Fazul Suleiman // NZ Business; Aug95, Vol. 9 Issue 7, p4 

  Records a comment on New Zealand's anti-foreign investment stance.

• New guidelines for fixed income come to Illinois.
  Barr, Paul G. // Pensions & Investments; 8/19/96, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p8 

  Reports that staff members for the Illinois State Board of Investments in Chicago are preparing updated investment guidelines for the board's internally managed fixed-income portfolios. Tighter definitions of allowable fixed-income securities; Prohibition of the use of leverage, interest rate...

• Easier investment.
  Morris, John // Treasury & Risk Management; Mar/Apr94, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p14 

  Reports on reforms that will ease foreign investment in Taiwan.

• Mixed signals from China market.
  Neilan, Edward // Treasury & Risk Management; Sep/Oct94, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p55 

  Focuses on the negative effects of China's new regulations for foreign investors in May 1994. Features of the new regulations; Reaction by foreign businessmen; Reason for the new regulations; Method of investment in China for foreign companies; Economic growth percentage change in 1993 and 1994.

• Chinese shortcuts getting longer.
  Tefft, Sheila // Christian Science Monitor; 4/6/95, Vol. 87 Issue 91, p9 

  Reports on the effects of government intervention on foreign investments in China. Example; Statistics on probable reduction of investments in 1995; Reasons; Risks in doing business in China.

• Gujarat announces further sops for backward areas.
  Tefft, Sheila // Chemical Business; Jan1996, Vol. 9 Issue 6, p25 

  No abstract available.

• Not so fast.
  Tefft, Sheila // Crain's Cleveland Business; 10/23/95, Vol. 16 Issue 43, p10 

  Opinion. Comments on the 1995 version of state Issue 2. Empowering of the state on the issuance of obligation bonds for capital improvement projects; Limitations of the recommendation; Impact on general public.

• Jordan.
  Tefft, Sheila // MEED: Middle East Economic Digest; 07/11/97, Vol. 41 Issue 28, p17 

  Reports on Jordan's Higher Council for Investments' recommendation that the government abolish a 50 percent ceiling on foreign ownerships for a number of stocks listed on the Amman Financial Market. Efforts to increase investment; Removal of all restrictions on foreign currency transfers.

• The money workshop, taking advantage of registered plans.
  Chang, Ivan // Chinatown News; 12/18/95, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p18 

  Part III. Looks at government registered plans which consist of the Registered Savings Plan and the Registered Education Savings Plan. What do both of the plans entail; Different types of Registered Education Savings Plans; Significance of these plans.

• Washington report.
  Chang, Ivan // LP/Gas; Jun98, Vol. 58 Issue 6, p6 

  Presents various news briefs relating to economic government policy in the United States. Information on the debates related to the course of interest rates; Opinion of some economists pertaining to the need for the government to tighten monetary policy; Efforts of Congressional Republicans to...

• Revisions urged for exemptions.
  Limbacher, Patricia B. // Pensions & Investments; 9/6/93, Vol. 21 Issue 18, p8 

  Cites Aetna Life Insurance counsel Mel Altman on the need for the simplification of the Labor Department's policy in approving exemptions to prohibited transactions on investment vehicles. Demand by pension experts; Recommendation for generic exemptions and additional class exemptions.

• More protection for the small investor.
  Mangan, Doreen // Medical Economics; 04/28/97, Vol. 74 Issue 9, p61 

  Describes the initiatives taken by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an attempt to protect small investors. Prospectus disclosure; Examination of advisers; Emphasis on investors' complaints. INSET: How to get help from the SEC..

• A tough balancing act.
  Frisbie, John; Brecher, Richard // China Business Review; Nov/Dec93, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p9 

  Discusses the plight of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in China. Inability to export due to cost and overseas market conditions; Foreign exchange balancing problem; Inconvertibility of the renminbi (RMB) ; Balanced foreign exchange investment regulation of China.

• When the center doesn't hold.
  Howson, Nicholas C. // China Business Review; Jan/Feb95, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p8 

  Advises the investors to go to the right authorities for approval of foreign investment in China. Role of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) and the State Planning Commission (SPC); Rigid rules; Request to commissions on foreign trade and economic cooperation...

• A loss of investor privileges.
  Nee Jr., Owen D.; Parnell, Archie // China Business Review; Jul/Aug96, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p32 

  Reports that the lifting of the capital equipment import duty exemption in China caused many foreign investors to sign commitments before the April 1, 1996 deadline. China as the second most popular destination for foreign direct investments; Increase in the cost of doing business in China;...

• Beijing rethinks investment policies.
  McDaniels, Iain K. // China Business Review; Mar/Apr98, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p4 

  Reports that China is rethinking a change in investment policies following a decline in direct foreign investments in 1997. Release of the Guiding Catalogue for Foreign Investment in Industry; Investment projects in the `restricted category'; Policy on certain imported goods.

• Conferees seem near agreement on bill to fund the thrift bailout.
  Garsson, Robert M. // American Banker; 11/17/93, Vol. 158 Issue 220, p2 

  Reports on the near-approval by Congress of the funding bill for the thrift bailout. Agreement on the issue of minorities and women contracting with the Resolution Trust Corporation; Inability to agree on the statute of limitations for suits brought against officers involved in thrift failures;...

• New laws could curb thrift conversions to state charters.
  Meredith, Robyn // American Banker; 11/17/93, Vol. 158 Issue 220, p2 

  Reports on the expected drafting of legislation by Congress regarding mutual thrift conversions to state charters. Debate on the merits of extending federal-stock conversion guidelines; Power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

• In categorizing securities as `held to maturity,' look before you leap.
  Nadler, Paul // American Banker; 1/24/95, Vol. 160 Issue 15, p7 

  Comments on the FAS 115 accounting regulations covering investments in the United States. Effects of holding securities to maturity on banks' opportunity to gain profit; Regulations' flaws.

• Small thrifts get a break on audits.
  Meredith, Robyn // American Banker; 3/25/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 58, p4 

  Reports on the Office of Thrift Supervision's (OTS) announcement that thrifts with less than $500 million in assets will no longer be required to get an annual, independent audit. Publication of the rule change in the Federal Register; Reactions from the thrift trade group; Percentage of thrifts...

• New disclosure guidelines carry more weight.
  Rockett, James M. // American Banker; 4/12/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 69, p9 

  Reports on the interagency statement released by the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Insurance Corp. and the Comptroller's Office on retail sales of nondeposit investment products. Failure to comply to be treated as an unsafe and unsound banking practice; Mandatory disclosure on the nature of...

• OTS unveils rules on public sale of minority stakes in thrifts.
  Meredith, Robyn // American Banker; 8/20/1993, Vol. 158 Issue 160, p2 

  Reports on the Office of Thrift Supervision's (OTS) unveiling of rules on public sale of minority stakes in thrifts and savings. Effectivity of regulations on September 20, 1993; Mutual holding companies (MHCs); Flexibility of the structure; Internal Revenue Service's review of the tax liability...

• Swaps reporting requirements delayed.
  Rehm, Barbara A. // American Banker; 8/15/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 156, p2 

  Reports on the delay in the release of new reporting requirements for derivatives contracts. Regulators' proposal of additional disclosures regarding banks' off-balance-sheet derivatives; Disclosures to require banks to break down national contract amounts by instrument type.

• Market-value rule for portfolios is investment straitjacket.
  Crowley, Donald K. // American Banker; 9/23/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 184, p7 

  Comments on the three separate investment categories created by the Securities and Exchange Commission. `Held to maturity'; `Held for sale'; `Trading account'; Impact of these categories on the current investment policies.

• GAO says Congress will weigh crackdown in '95.
  Crowley, Donald K. // American Banker; 10/3/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 190, p26 

  Reports on the statement by the head of the General Accounting Office that Congress might pass new laws to rein in derivatives in spring 1995.

• Regulatory relief possible for sales by banks to sophisticated investors.
  Crockett., Barton // American Banker; 11/15/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 220, p14 

  Reports on the proposal to change banking regulations on information disclosure for experienced investors. Directive to the banks; Exemptions of transactions.

• Bank brokerages not yet fully in compliance, regulators say.
  Talley, Karen // American Banker; 3/10/1995, Vol. 160 Issue 47, p11 

  Discusses views of federal regulators on regarding American banks' compliance to guidelines for investment sales through branches. Inadequacy of banks' efforts to disclose investment risks to customers; Investigation of banks' investment practices from late 1994 to 1995.

• Tunisia.
  Talley, Karen // MEED: Middle East Economic Digest; 1/10/1997, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p30 

  Reports on new measures to encourage foreign investment in Tunisia. Includes increase in the allowed limit for the purchase of local companies; Simplifying procedures for agriculture joint ventures; Introduction of a service sector specializing in the collection of debts.

• In brief.
  Talley, Karen // MEED: Middle East Economic Digest; 4/18/1997, Vol. 41 Issue 16, p17 

  Reports on criticism over the Syrian government's efforts to attract Arab and international investment during the April 1997 parliamentary debate on the economy.

• The political views of U.S. Senior Federal Executives, 1970-1992.
  Aberbach, Joel D.; Rockman, Bert A. // Journal of Politics; Aug95, Vol. 57 Issue 3, p838 

  Examines the partisan affiliation of top-level appointees and civil servants in the Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush administration and their beliefs about the appropriate role of government in the economy. Differences between executives of different affiliation; Shift of gravity Reagan...

• Cashing in at the checkout.
  Stuart, Liz // Marketing Week (01419285); 12/11/1997, Vol. 20 Issue 37, p38 

  Considers the effectiveness of the British government's Individual Savings Account (ISA) scheme, which is set to be implemented in 1999 and is aimed at encouraging the low-paid to save. Supermarkets' view that the scheme is an ideal opportunity to cross-sell their products; Mechanics of the ISA...

• U.S. needs better savings programs.
  Roth III, William F. // Grand Rapids Business Journal; 2/10/97, Vol. 15 Issue 6, p18 

  Discusses the United States' need to improve savings and investment incentives. Potential of a bankrupt Social Security system; Relatively low savings rate; Current tax and fiscal policy's failure to reward savings and investment; Programs in Chile, Argentina and Great Britain.

• INVESTMENT BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE NOTES.
  Roth III, William F. // Accountancy; Sep95, Vol. 116 Issue 1225, p121 

  Presents a guide to changes to investment business regulations to reflect new categories of authorization in Great Britain that came into effect on July 1, 1995.

• Inequality gap 'has reached record levels'.
  Phillips, Lucy // Public Finance; 1/29/2010, p7 

  The article discusses the report by the National Equality Panel which reveals that public policy and investments failed to connect the gap between rich and poor and overcome socioeconomic inequality in Great Britain.

• Vietnam looks to direct the capitalists...
  White, Michael // World Trade; Sep96, Vol. 9 Issue 9, p84 

  Reports on plans for unveiling Vietnam's foreign investment regulations in October 1996. Sectors identified for the boost; Industries traditionally benefited by investments; Expected effect on the country's bureaucracy into developing industries.

Next 50 Results