KAULA LUMPUR: Malaysia has emerged as the front-runner in the 2017 ranking for best countries to invest in, scoring at least 30 points more than any other country on a 100-point scale...
“The things that make a country unique — its people, environment, relationships, framework and teachings — create four distinct factors identified in a report by the World Bank Group that motivate an individual or corporation to invest in that...
Sri Lankan team manager Asanka Gurusinha is confident his board will find the best way to handle a 24-hour fly-in, fly-out tour of Pakistan for a single Twenty20 match later this month...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Monday it will go ahead with its trip to Pakistan for the third and final T20 match despite security concerns expressed by several players...
However, a vital change in the banks’ investment strategy was witnessed — they put more money for short-term compared to long-term investment...
Since the end of 2014, the long-term Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) lost their attraction due to declines in returns on the back of frequent fall in the interest rates...
The wealthy are now keeping more of their money in stocks than any other asset class, according to a new report out on Wednesday that offers a glimpse into the investing habits and concerns of the ultra-rich...
Stocks beat out cash last year to take the number one slot, according to the annual World Wealth Report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management, which looks at people with $1 million or more to invest...
org, researchers Juliana Schroeder and Nicholas Epley conclude, “When you’re trying to convey the quality of your mind to your boss, or to a company that’s considering you for a job, your best ally may be your own voice...
The way IRR is calculated places undue weight on distributions that come early in a fund’s cycle...
”Investors are increasingly favouring money multiples as a measure of performance...
As the Supreme Court (SC) Lahore registry resumed hearing a suo motu case on the inflated fee structure of private medical and dental colleges in Punjab on Thursday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar asserted that "the court does not want money to be a hindrance in the way of an education"...
The Indonesian government designed a tax regime to invite inflows for a period of nine months, with initial estimates of money stashed in foreign assets at around $303bn...
Most people believe that high tax rates prevented offshore asset holders from bringing back the money...
ISLAMABAD: A joint venture between two companies from China and the United Arab Emirates will make an investment of $5 billion in Pakistan’s energy sector for setting up three coal-fired power plants, with a combined output of 3,960MW, at Port Qasim...
Hoping that China would become a leading investor in Pakistan, he stressed on the huge potential for investment between the two countries...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved an $800 million investment plan that seeks to enhance regional trade and connectivity in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) corridors of Pakistan, a press release issued by ADB said...
The multitranche financing facility will increase Pakistan's regional connectivity and rehabilitate a total of 747 kilometres of Pakistan's road along the CAREC corridor, the press...
KARACHI: A large number of US companies have plans to invest in Pakistan, with almost 95 per cent participants of American Business Council (ABC) ‘perception survey’ optimistic about long-term economic and operating environment in the country...
Over 40pc of the respondents indicated that the perception of Pakistan improved in 2016-17, compared to 6pc from the year before...
KARACHI: Ambassador of Portugal to Pakistan, Joao Paulo Sabido Costa said on Tuesday that Portuguese builders and developers are keen to invest in Pakistan’s construction sector...
Chairman ABAD Arif Yousuf Jeewa said Pakistan is facing a backlog of 12 million housing units...
KARACHI: A majority of US businesses have a positive outlook on the investment climate in Pakistan, though half of them consider Islamabad’s negative perception as a serious challenge, according to a survey conducted by the American Business Council (ABC)...
More than 65 per cent respondents of the survey indicated that they plan to invest in Pakistan over the next 12 months while 80pc were optimistic about the long-term economic and...
KARACHI: Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TBC) is willing to increase its investment in Pakistan for the manufacturing of interior components, its chairman Dr Shuhei Toyoda said on Friday...
He was visiting a plant of Thal Boshoku Pakistan (TBP) — a joint venture between Thal Limited, Pakistan and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corporation and TBC...
Uber has pledged to invest an additional $500 million towards expanding its operations in Pakistan, a week after Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty took charge of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa division...
The Uber team and Gore-Coty met with the Chairman Federal Board of Investment Dr Miftah Ismail, on Thursday in Islamabad to discuss the expansion of Uber in Pakistan by investing $500m by 2020, a press release issued by the...