Investors With Over A$15 Million Targeted in New Australian Visa

Australia will offer a new visa to foreigners with more than A$15 million ($13 million) to invest and who want to make the country home.

Number of £1m homes sold in London 'to rise by almost half in five years'

The number of homes sold in London for £1m or more will go up by almost half by 2018 as house prices and prosperity soar in the capital, an estate agency has said.

Foreign investment in government bonds surges to 82 percent of limit

Reuters Market Eye - Foreign investors have exhausted 82.47 percent of the available limit of $20 billion in government bonds, according to data published by National Securities Depository Ltd on Thursday.

Mozambique mulls sovereign wealth fund

Maputo (AFP) - Mineral-rich Mozambique is considering the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund, the country's finance minister said Thursday.

World markets battered again

Asia stocks took yet another dive on Tuesday, as fearful investors cut their losses amid a broad regional slump. Japan's benchmark Nikkei index fell 4.2%, extending its tumble this year to just over 14%.

China aims to triple minimum capital level for new foreign banks: Paper

SHANGHAI: China's banking regulator plans to more than triple the minimum registered capital requirement for new wholly-owned foreign banks and joint-venture banks, a state-owned newspaper reported on Wednesday.

From FDI to AIA: Africans investing in Africa

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Investors from Europe, Asia and the United States are not the only ones chasing growth opportunities in Africa these days - Africans themselves are waking up to the potential across borders in their own backyard.

Germany calls on EU to ban 'patent box' tax breaks

Germany's finance minister called on Tuesday for a ban on the so-called "patent box" tax break offered by Britain, Netherlands and some other EU members, which he says results in unfair competition for foreign investment.

Kuwait-Led Group in Takeover Approach for U.K. Water Firm

Severn Trent Plc (SVT), the U.K.’s second-largest publicly traded water company, rejected a takeover approach from Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund and a Canadian infrastructure investor.

Nigeria delays $1 bln wealth fund launch to March 2013

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will begin investing the initial $1 billion allocated to a new sovereign wealth fund by March, a finance ministry statement showed on Thursday, pushing back the launch previously proposed for this year.

China lets foreign sovereigns, central banks exceed $1 billion investment limit

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange regulator has removed the $1 billion limit for foreign sovereign wealth funds, central banks and monetary authorities buying Chinese assets through the Qualified Institutional Investor Programme (QFII).

Morocco delays $1 bln sovereign bond sale: minister

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has delayed its maiden dollar bond sale to end-November pending market stability, the budget minister said in published remarks on Wednesday, but banks have already been mandated for an issue that may exceed the initial $1 billion mark.

Qatar MBA Grad Outflanking Glencore Signals Ambitions of State

The late-night negotiating session that led to a sweetened takeover offer by Glencore International Plc (GLEN) for Xstrata Plc (XTA) on Sept. 7 included a former British prime minister and a swashbuckling commodity-trading billionaire.

Morocco confirms $1 bln sovereign bond for October

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco plans to sell a sovereign bond worth $1 billion in October to help finance budgeted investment plans, its budget minister said on Wednesday.

Oman Investment Fund seeks government nod for UCX stake buy

MUMBAI: Oman Investment Fund (OIF), the Sultanate of Oman's sovereign wealth fund, has filed a fresh application with the government to buy a stake in Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX), promoted by software solutions company, IT People, a person close to the development said.