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What to watch out for
Despite the volume of regulation last year, 2010 will be all about deal trends. Expect covered bonds, flipper clauses and floating-rate collars. Oh, and the dreaded return of cov-lite. By Elizabeth Fournier, Rachel Evans, Nicholas Pettifer and Tom Young
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Asia, Europe and US
IFLR's list of the best deals and teams for legal innovation in 2009. But which will win?
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Asia's bankers' counsel are unhappy with the standard of diligence on IPOs. There must be public filings, litigation or greater regulation, or this could cause the next crisis
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Interview: Private practice response
The SFC was great, but investigations need a lot of work. And there's convergence, but not in China. Paul Browne and Paul Li of Simmons & Simmons examine the results of the Bankers' Counsel Poll
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The big question
The scope of regulation to impose living wills in the UK and the US reaches much further than originally planned. Lawyers are worried it could change the way that banks are structured, and tie up essential capital reserves
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European retail products
The European Commission's Prips proposal is a complete overhaul of retail investment
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US capital requirements
How bank capital rules in the US will affect structured finance
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A Chinese and Kazakh joint venture purchase of a Kazakh oil company has overcome currency concerns, being conducted on a single day in an open trade
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Morgan Stanley and China Haisheng Juice's out of court settlement could embolden Chinese companies to cease derivatives payments in the future, aware of international banks' fear of court battles
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New interest in dual-track offerings for private equity exits means owners must be careful whom they disclose key financial information to
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How Schramm Holding became the first German company to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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Kuwait's Global Investment House's restructuring plan succeeded because of due diligence, transparent creditor meetings, and new asset-based security for unsecured lenders
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Indonesia's first international initial public offering (IPO) this year has revealed the impact of Bapepam’s new offering regulations on underwriters
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Proposals for a new bond platform will bring corporate bonds back to Paris, and justify the Autorité des Marchés Financiers' (AMF) commitment to liberalising its onerous listing rules
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Concerns that the proposed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act would severely hamper the ability of US companies to issue bearer bonds have been eased by an amendment
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An updated draft report on changes to the PD rules has removed the worrying liability clause
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New Basel proposals apply large haircuts to securitisations exposures used as collateral to hedge counterparty risk. They could ramp up charges and force derivatives trades based on that risk onto exchanges
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US private equity houses will favour initial public offerings (IPOs) to realise investments this year, partly because listing rules are not as restrictive as those in other jurisdictions
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Impact of Dubai World
PLUS: First US sukuk boosts industry; Effects on Asian sovereign debt; Timeline - how it all happened
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Asia minibonds
IFLR puts the concerns of Asia's minibond victims to the SFC in Hong Kong
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Asia structured products
The industry must respond quickly and effectively to regulatory initiatives
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Rusal listing
Did Hong Kong allow the controversial listing of Rusal, with lower listing requirements, for purely commercial reasons?
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Isda Master Section 2(a)(iii)
A surprising conclusion on flawed-asset conditional
payments has practitioners scrambling for a solution.
Here's one
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Anchor investors
Greater restrictions on regulatory capital mean banks are turning to equity derivatives to make investments specific for anchor investors
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French distressed M&A
French conciliation proceedings are morphing successfully into aids to distressed M&A. Here's why
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Private equity exits
Private equity houses are beginning to view the initial public offering as a viable exit strategy from their portfolio investments once again
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US price fixing
Did the Billing case create hyper field pre-emption for US securities laws? An analysis Of the Second Circuit's Short Sale decision
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US derivatives reform
Derivatives legislation has been passed by the US House
of Representatives. But there's still a lot of argument and jurisdictional wrangling to go
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Uk Combined Code
Many financial institutions will feel that the UK Corporate Governance Code will not change anything. But it's worth the Board debating the issues
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Asia settlement agreements
Six tips for avoiding complaints about settlement procedure, and having to do the process all over again
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The German Investment AG
The legal potential of a German fund
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Profile: Martin Goldberg, Barclays Capital
Martin Goldberg compares London to New York, BarCap to Lehman