Foreign Investment news and trends

China Says Foreign Investment Welcome Despite Potential US Restrictions
International // September 29, 2019

China’s financial markets will stay open and foreign investment will be welcomed even though U.S. President Donald Trump is calling to curtail funds. “We will take further steps to promote high quality two-way financial opening, encourage foreign financial institutions and funds to invest in the...

Ethiopia Softens Banking Rules To Boost Foreign Exchange Reserves
International // July 31, 2019

Ethiopia has softened its banking rules and opened up the financial space in the country to about five million citizens who have changed to other nationalities, according to a report by Reuters. The country’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday (July 31), which would allow...

Iran Hopes New Regulations Will Attract Foreign Investors
International // August 20, 2018

As Iran tries to pass anti-money laundering regulations to attract foreign investment, a top constitutional body is requesting changes to the measures. The Guardian Council, which inspects legislation passed by the parliament to ensure that it complies with the constitution, objected to four items in...

China Commerce Minister: Market Access For Foreign Investors To Widen
International // July 02, 2018

Amid the back-and-forth of a global trade war, illustrated perhaps most keenly between China and the United States, China will seek to boost market access, which the country’s Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said Monday via published comments. The minister’s remarks were carried in the state-run...

Interviews & Exclusives
In Foreign Investing, Money Comes With A Price

November 13, 2017
Political regimes come and go.  Structural reforms take root or don’t.  Currencies wax and wane.  When money chases growth (and returns) across borders, investors must gird for turbulence, as recent events in Saudi Arabia and China show.

Quick Reads
Biden Increases Screening of Foreign Investment for Security Risks

September 15, 2022
The Biden administration is ordering the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) to add more scrutiny on deals that might give China access to critical tech or that could put personal data at risk, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote. The executive order, signed Thursday (Sept. 15), doesn’t expand the purview of the Committee on Foreign […]

China Says Foreign Investment Welcome Despite Potential US Restrictions

September 29, 2019
China’s financial markets will stay open and foreign investment will be welcomed even though U.S. President Donald Trump is calling to curtail funds. “We will take further steps to promote...

Ethiopia Softens Banking Rules To Boost Foreign Exchange Reserves

July 31, 2019
Ethiopia has softened its banking rules and opened up the financial space in the country to about five million citizens who have changed to other nationalities, according to a report...

Iran Hopes New Regulations Will Attract Foreign Investors

August 20, 2018
As Iran tries to pass anti-money laundering regulations to attract foreign investment, a top constitutional body is requesting changes to the measures. The Guardian Council, which inspects legislation passed by...