They also help companies take informed business and investment decisions.

This leads to lack of trust between the companies and the communities.

This will lead to public trust in companies, their policies and their products.

Outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by Singaporean companies has a long history.

Investment and technology choices made by companies are shaping the global economy.

Income derived from investment of trust funds shall be credited to the respective trust funds, unless otherwise specified.

China is providing investment insurance and tax breaks to companies that invest abroad.

In August 1996, an investment account was established for this trust fund.

Yet hostility towards investment by Russia s government (and government companies) has been almost universal until recently. US and European policymakers do not trust that foreign governments (and their sovereign wealth funds) invest solely on business grounds.

An enabling environment encourages entrepreneurship, allows local companies to thrive and attracts foreign investment.

In addition to participating directly in financing investments, IDC helps companies identify investment opportunities abroad.

24. The financial sector grew strongly in 1997, with increased numbers of registered banks and trust companies, mutual funds, insurance companies, ship registrations and other company registrations all increasing.

These instruments include tax exemption on income remitted into the country by Malaysian companies investing overseas, the provision of investment guarantees and investment promotion missions abroad.

Registered investment companies and investment advisers are required to adopt strong compliance controls, managed by a chief risk officer and administered by a chief compliance officer.

Most indicated that financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, money service businesses, trust and loan companies were subject.

UNCTAD and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) launched in March 2005 a Joint African Investment Initiative to encourage greater investment by Japanese companies in Africa.

Governments and pharmaceutical companies should increase investment in order to provide affordable treatments to people in developing countries.

European companies in the relevant sectors are thus expected to make up a significant part of CDM investment.

Foreign investment in Croatia was constitutionally protected and regulated under the law on trading companies and other provisions.

Second, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) must screen investments in or acquisitions of US companies by foreign companies, including Chinese companies, for national security risks. Such screening is a common and justifiable practice around the world.

Companies such as Airbus S.A.S. and French oil giant Total have cancelled billions of dollars in investment in Iran.

We will work together with Irish industry and partner companies in Africa to promote trade, investment and technology transfer.

Fundline includes portfolio investment funds, private equity funds and companies, venture capital funds, mutual funds and other equity vehicles.

Reducing the tax rate for companies substantially, while eliminating targeted business tax preferences and broadening the corporate tax base, would increase both investment and workers wages. Allowing multinational companies to repatriate overseas profits without paying additional US tax would also bolster investment and job creation at home.

To be sure, the fact that companies are holding on to their cash, rather than paying it out in dividends, signals that they expect investment opportunities to return a far more positive situation than in Japan, for example, where companies lack cash to invest. But European companies remain hesitant, despite low interest rates, keeping private investment well below its previous peak.

This encourages local companies to explore overseas investment opportunities that will enable them to enhance their competitiveness expand and grow.

This legislation has had a brutal impact on Cuba, and since its enactment it has undermined the global trading system, the negotiations for a future multilateral investment agreement and the arrangements for international trust, including trust between the centres of world economic power, to such an extent that not even the main plaintiffs representing nationalized American companies support it today.

Uncertainties about the economy are likely to insert an element of caution into companies investment decisions. In short, it is more likely that moderating investment will exacerbate the consumer slowdown than that an acceleration of investment will offset it.

There is no central bank in Bermuda instead, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) is the regulatory authority for banks and trust companies.

Thus, Malaysian home country measures are closely linked to Malaysian companies and investment in countries in the South East Asian region.

8. Improving the legal basis and rules of competition to create a climate of optimism and trust for private investment.

The term agency is very broad and includes all forms of corporate service providers (for example, company formation agents, trust companies, registered agents, lawyers).

To conclude, Romania believes that this summit represents a huge political investment of trust and hope on behalf of our peoples.

For overseas branches, the net amount due to the local parent companies is taken as an approximation of the magnitude of direct investment.

In addition, a number of initiatives have been launched by several development agencies, private companies and NGOs to encourage investment in developing countries.

17. It was noted that investment by health service providers, including insurance companies, from developed countries in developing countries was a growing trend.

24. In cooperation with other international organisations, development banks, donor agencies, local governments, NGOs and private investment companies, the UNCTAD secretariat has undertaken a census of microbanks worldwide with the aim of identifying potential recipients of private investment funds, as well as appropriate investment instruments.

Lack of information on investment opportunities and the host investment environment (including unfamiliarity with the legal system and OFDI regulations in the host country) is a more serious problem for SMEs than for large companies.

The problem is the lack of trust, the lack of confidence, the lack of partnership between NGOs, campaign groups, civil society organizations and multinational companies.

38. With respect to paragraph 50, it was observed that companies wishing to have access to loans provided by investment funds and other so called quot institutional investors quot , such as insurance companies, collective investment schemes (e.g. mutual funds) or pension funds, typically had to fulfil certain requirements, such as having a positive credit rating.

Big companies. Big companies.

In 2010, Chinese direct investment in the EU totaled only 1.3 billion. Today, when governments and companies in Europe are opening their arms to foreign investors, Chinese companies eager for markets, technologies, and diversification should find rich pickings.

By an executive order of 15 March 1995 the President of the United States banned any foreign trade or investment in the Islamic Republic, including the trade in Iranian oil by American companies or their affiliated foreign companies

Companies that try to seize all investment opportunities that come along may not achieve synergies or improve their chances of meeting overall corporate objectives.

Foreign expansion of retailers has been mostly through acquisitions of domestic chains in other countries, some greenfield investment, and joint ventures with local companies.