December 2002

Main

British Virgin Islands

Canada

Accounting body calls for expensing of stock options

Securitization industry hopes for Italian law to enable whole business deals

Secured creditors to get Russian bankruptcy protection

Secondary legislation to avert Enterprise Act threat to securitization

Cleary Gottlieb acts in largest US cross-border deal of the year

Revenue bond clears some of California's energy-crisis debris

Korea moves closer to cross-border mortgage-backed future

Landmark project financing sets Vietnam on new path

In brief

Why the SEC is unfit to regulate lawyers

How French courts are holding back structured finance

Will new liabilities land French banks in court?

Why French usury law must change

Colombia

Mexico

Saudi Arabia

China

Hong Kong

Japan

New Zealand

Italy

Switzerland

Turkey

Letter: Defending the reputation of trade finance

Why regulators should leave bank conflicts alone

How to tackle debt restructuring in emerging markets

How EU rules will deny access to retail markets

What banks should know about US pro-creditor reforms

Why Asian issuers should not dismiss US offerings

Courts ease pain of Hong Kong restructurings?

How India's reforms will curb foreign investment

Basel proposals stun structured financiers

Weak corporate governance enforcement opens way for arbitration

Pitt's resignation throws SEC into succession crisis

Industry disdain taints unveiling of Investment Services Directive

Malaysia adopts international securitization templates

SEC tells foreign issuers Sarbanes-Oxley reprieve unlikely

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

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