The newly established British Business Bank is a public limited Company wholly owned by the Government with three principal subsidiaries. This annual report covers details of the bank's first year of operation.

Following an increasing demand for higher value loans, Finance For Enterprise announced Enterprise Loans can now be accessed up to a maximum value of £150,000: the previous maximum was £100,000.

Recent changes to the rems of Tier 1 Investor Visa involved a requirement for applicants – who must commit to a £2,000,000 investment under the terms of the visa – to set up a UK bank account for the specific purpose of accepting those funds, according to Lexology.

CDC Group plc, the UK development finance institution ('CDC'), has announced an investment of up to US$26m in Ujjivan Financial Services Private Ltd ('Ujjivan'), a leading microfinance institution (MFI) in India.

States and local governments would get assistance in developing contracts and concession agreements with private investors in transportation infrastructure projects from a new federal P3 procurement center under legislation sponsored by Rep. Sean M. Maloney, D-NY.

Of the top 10 stories described here by Novogradac, some have been ongoing issues that are following somewhat predictable paths. Others, while expected and foreseen, have included some surprising twists.

The Department of Energy issued supplements to the existing loan guarantee solicitations for Advanced Fossil Energy (AFE) Projects and for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) Projects to provide guidance on the types of innovative projects that may qualify for the guarantees.

The SEC announced an asset freeze obtained against a man in Bellevue, Washington, accused of defrauding Chinese investors seeking U.S. residency through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program by investing in his companies.

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