This edition covers the liberalized FDI regime, as well as certain key judgments passed by the Supreme Court of India, changes in corporate and commercial matters and updates in projects, energy and natural resources and IP sectors.
With the easing of sanctions against Iran, vast business opportunities have opened up. The challenge is whether and how to participate in such a potentially phenomenal market without taking undue risks.
It is sometimes said that the chief skill of a football manager is to pick to which team he should lend his magic at any one time. Much the same might be said of central bankers and their policy initiatives ...
New regulations on food safety inspection, stock market actions and offshore direct investment affect the way of doing business in Vietnam. This edition also looks at how the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act affects international banking and local accounts of Americans.
Indonesia released its tenth economic policy package on February 12, 2016, with a focus on boosting foreign direct investment and protecting small and medium enterprises and cooperatives.
Vietnam's National Assembly recently passed new laws which affect investments, real estate, employment, use of internet resources and sanctions on administrative violations.
The Board of Investment Promotion has established additional incentives for SMEs investing in SEZs to encourage investments in the border areas of Thailand.
Thailand approved a fiscal stimulus package to boost
the SMEs and revive the real estate markets. The decree reducing the transfer fee for the
sale of real property and the mortgage registration fee took effect on 29 October 2015.