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Banks, non-bank lenders and financial institutions may get to invest up to 10% in the corpus of alternate investment fund (AIF) schemes, in a relief for the sector that faced a central bank clampdown in December, 2023. There will be no restriction on regulated entities (REs) such as banks for investing up to 5% in the AIF scheme's corpus, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed on Monday. However, if the AIF scheme invests in a company that has borrowed from the bank, then the RE must make full provision to...

Philip Raices So today’s question is where is the best and safest place to park your investment dollars?  I firmly believe it is rental real estate.  It’s a long term play.  Your tenants over the years will continue to pay down your mortgage.  However, there is some effort that you will have to provide or hire someone to assist you to simplify the process.  In my professional opinion, there is much less uncertainty with the right real estate investment, than playing the stock  market.  The stock market has been so...

This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters hereGood morning and welcome to FirstFT Asia. On today’s agenda:Nvidia announces major new investment in TaiwanThe Trump Organization considers building a Vietnam towerBusinesses rethink their US travelNvidia chief executive Jensen Huang unveiled major new chip investments in Taiwan yesterday, as he stressed the island’s importance as a global technology hub during a speech at Taipei’s Computex...

The Healey administration is proposing a strategy to protect the Massachusetts coastline from rising seas and intensifying storms, with a new draft plan that calls for a study of evacuation infrastructure and lays the groundwork for a voluntary property buyout program in flood-prone areas.The draft plan, released by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs  on Thursday, outlines a 50-year coastal resilience strategy to safeguard vulnerable coastal communities — home to more than 3 million residents — from the escalating impacts of climate change. The final version of the...

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Since his first full day back in office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the value of announced financial investments in the U.S. and taken credit for attracting them. He started out citing $3 trillion in investments and, four months later, was claiming totals of more than $10 trillion. It’s unclear where, exactly, he’s getting these totals. But they appear to be an exaggeration of pledges to invest made by various companies and countries. The total listed by the White...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MANTRA, the Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for real-world assets (RWAs), has entered into a strategic partnership with WIN Investments, a fintech platform pioneering regulated sports digital assets. This partnership represents a major step in MANTRA's expansion into the world of sport, aligning with its broader mission to tokenize RWAs with a regulatory-first approach. WIN has built a groundbreaking ecosystem that opens the door for fans and investors to participate in the global football transfer market. Through a regulated framework, WIN...

Unexpected headwinds in the form of rising costs and escalating economic uncertainty are adding new pressures to municipal budgets. City leaders should look to their portfolio of facilities as a unique strategic enabler to minimize risk and shore up budgets against these pressures. Smart, targeted investments into infrastructure improvements have been shown to enable economic growth, mitigate the human and financial impacts of extreme weather, and provide an avenue to capture and reinvest cost savings. Minimize risk and avoid cost volatility through smart facility planning Most US municipalities are grappling...

Singapore-listed companies Thomson Medical Group and Centurion Corporation have expressed interest to invest in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), said Maybank on Monday (May 19). The two listcos are among the Malaysian bank’s three Singapore-headquartered clients that submitted letters of intent (LOIs) to the Iskandar Regional Development Authority at the JS-SEZ Partners’ Dialogue: Advancing Facilitation event hosted by Malaysia’s Ministry of Economy. A third company – Alpine Renewables and Edible Oils, a supplier of feedstock to biofuel producers in Europe, China, South Korea and the US – has also expressed...

China’s economy showed signs of slowing in April as President Donald Trump's trade war took a toll, with retail sales, property and investment coming in weaker than economists had forecast. Industrial production slowed as Trump's painfully high tariffs of up to 145%, and 125% retaliatory duties imposed by Beijing, took effect and shipments were curtailed. National Statistics Bureau spokesperson Fu Linghui said the general trend was positive though he pointed to “external shocks” that had gained intensity.“It should also be noted that there are still many outside unstable and uncertain...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang reaffirmed his commitment to Taiwan as a global technology hub on Monday, announcing the construction of a new local headquarters in Taipei and an artificial intelligence supercomputer that would use thousands of the company’s chips.The move comes as President Donald Trump’s administration pressures technology companies to increase manufacturing on US soil, and as Huang seeks to navigate new tariffs and export controls that threaten Nvidia’s massive sales...