Investment funds

• France: The impact of Lehman

  Brice Henry of Allen & Overy explains the impact of Lehman Brothers on depositaries in France, and compares it to the EU Commission's draft alternative funds directive

• An alternative fund regime for Germany?

  By Patricia Volhard of P+P Pöllath + Partners

• Greece: Post-trading after Mifid

  Dr Christina Tarnanidou of the Legal Affairs Division of Hellenic Exchanges analyses the impact of the new post trading laws in the Greek capital market system, as adopted following Mifid

• Luxembourg: Taste success

  Rémi Chevalier and Olivier Sciales of Chevalier & Sciales explain why Luxembourg is world leader in the formation and operation of investment funds

• Malta: Collective investment schemes

  Frank Chetcuti Dimech and Frank Caruana of CDF Advocates explain the investment regime in Malta, a jurisdiction where registered funds are on the increase

• Portugal: Collective capital investment schemes

  Pedro Simões Coelho, Ricardo Seabra Moura and Orlando Vogler Guiné of Vieira de Almeida & Associados explain the Portuguese laws that govern collective investments

• Switzerland: Life after Lehman and Madoff

  Philippe Borens, Lionel Aeschlimann, and Anita Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich and Geneva, discuss the Swiss impact of the latest global financial scandals and latest trends