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Some £600m sitting in inactive bank accounts has gone to good causes since 2008, and the Government is thinking about extending this to investment funds, shares and insurance products.

Today is International Women's Day, a day where the achievements of women around the world are celebrated. It is also an occasion to look into why women don't invest as much as men.

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Private equity investments witnessed a robust yearly growth in October with 72 PE deals garnering around USD 3.7 billion, even as merger and acquisition activity saw a downtrend, a report said on Thursday. According to Grant Thornton's monthly PE Dealtracker, private equity/venture capital transactions reported 22 per cent and 25 per cent increase in deal volumes and values, respectively as compared to October 2018. The rise in PE deal values was largely driven by the corporate tax rate cut, which has improved both investor sentiment and confidence. Last month, the average deal size stood at USD 52 million, up from USD 28 million recorded in September 2019. "There were 72 deals aggregating to USD 3.7 billion reported in October 2019. Upbeat PE/VC activity during the month offsets the shortfall in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity," Pankaj Chopda, Director, Grant Thornton India LLP said. "The key investments were primarily to pare debt, expand markets and capitalise on ...

After a record-setting 2019, PE/VC investments in 2020 are off to a good start, said Vivek Soni

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At $2.2 billion, large deals declined by over 70 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the same period

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Authors/Consultants: Lutz-Christian Wolff, Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong

CHINA OUTBOUND INVESTMENTS offers practical and authoritative guidance to Chinese investors and their advisors as well as to those located in actual and potential target countries of Chinese investments around the world (including Canada).

CHINA OUTBOUND INVESTMENTS provides:

• a structured and precise introduction to the law and practice of China outbound investment projects, including approval and registration requirements, anti-trust law, HR issues, taxation and accounting
• a comprehensive discussion of general topics of importance in the context of cross-border investments, such as the discussion of structuring options, tax planning, outbound related IT and IP issues as the importance of investment treaty networks
• a unique compilation of 23 country reports from law firms around the world addressing their home jurisdictions' inbound investment regimes
• a compilation of bilingual PRC laws and regulations governing China outbound investments.
• Case analysis
• Commentary in great detail
• Step by step guide

Table of Content:
CHAPTER I China Outbound Investments: Facts and Developments

CHAPTER II China’s Outbound Investment Regime

1. Introduction (Lutz-Christian Wolff, Chinese University of HK)
2. Approval and Registration Requirements (Lutz-Christian Wolff, Chinese University of HK)
3. Labor (Jun Dai, HHP Attorneys-at-Law)
4. The Impact of the Anti-Monopoly Law (Mark Williams, Hong Kong PolyU)
5. Financing (Jun Dai, HHP Attorneys-at-Law)
6. QDII (Xi Chao, Chinese University of HK)
7. Taxation (Michael To, Godfrey Ip, Mazars HK / Peter Law, Mazars Shanghai)
8. Accounting (Julie Laulusa, Mazars Shanghai)

CHAPTER III China Outbound Investments – General Topics

1. Introduction (Lutz-Christian Wolff, Chinese University of HK)
2. Investment Modes, Investment Vehicles and Investment Restrictions (Lutz-Christian Wolff, Chinese University of HK)
3. Private Equity(Julian Lemor, Christian Schatz, SJ Berwin)
4. Financing (Heiko Starrossom)
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The quarter also saw exits worth $1.9 billion across 37 deals, 59 per cent higher YoY. This was driven by one of India's largest PE-backed IPO exit, the $1-billion partial exit by Carlyle in the SBI Cards IPO.