Taiwan is to allow Chinese investors to participate in the island's stock and futures markets from October, the Wall Street Journal reported. It will also permit firms with Chinese shareholders to list on Taiwan's stock exchange. According to Wu Tang-chieh, vice chairman of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Committee, investments will be made under China's Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) program, through which banks, fund managers and insurers invest in overseas securities on beha

Family finances : I do it the old fashioned way and leave it to my husband Posted on 1 August, 2008 Character : Late 20s mother of two. My mother scolded me. She said I am being silly. She said I should have my own nest egg. After all I am a government officer earning a reasonable income. She said after going to university how can I be so silly and leave everything for my husband to manage. I am too lazy to go to the bank. There is the parking, looking for a parking space etc. With two

Corporate Venture Capital The news this morning is that Google is seriously considering entering the venture capital business. They bring a lot to the table for sure. But as Jessica Vascellaro points out in here WSJ piece (which is what I linked to): Their [corporations who invest directly in venture deals] track records have been mixed. Corporate venture-capital arms have been hampered by challenges that traditional venture-capital businesses don't face. Venture capitalists invest in private

Congressional Democrats on Thursday urged big oil companies to invest more of their record profits into boosting U.S. oil production and developing renewable energy instead of buying back their own stock.

Taiwan's cabinet said on Thursday it would allow China's institutional investors to pump more than $1 billion into the island's stock market, in a sign of improving business ties on both sides.