February 2009

Main

The disaster at the FSA

Links and A&O boost Asia; New Standard & Poor's ombudsman; Ed Greene rejoins Cleary Gottlieb

A&O helps SocGen refinance; First India investment by Morgan Stanley; Lovells on oil exploration in Indonesia

Limited rights issue reform

US hedge fund regulation will “destroy the market”

First Anti-Monopoly analysis

Hong Kong ignores adverts

Contradictory short selling

New SEC head will ramp up enforcement

India allows buybacks

China welcomes complex documents with new rules

SEC stops “race to the bottom” on ratings

Lawyers lobby for a Hong Kong rescue regime

Central regulation of European banks?

Asia project finance

Restructuring bonds

Blame distributors for structured finance

How to apportion blame

Capitalism's advocate

The abc of 2009

Bonds must be financed, whatever the cost

Redemption cases keep courts busy

Parliament will elect real regulators

Back in the spotlight

Rules could isolate UK

Expect squeeze-out rules

Self-regulation for the unregulated

Federal Reserve will help distressed bank takeovers

Congress to merge and expand roles

Reits framework will be created

Only cases can clarify merger clearance

More certainty on China bankruptcies

Banking Bill horribly complex

Early test for new EU legislation

Insolvency will depend on politics

New Basel will modify, not overhaul

Banks lobby and regulators compete

Foreign-cubed case rejected

90A: Fuel for litigation

A unique way to avoid volatility

A tax on UK financing

Tweaks to a sound system

US: tell us who your clients are

Don't regulate hedge funds

Not much help to creditors

Reforms to benefit everyone

A tough year to succeed in M&A

Privatisation vouchers Part 2

Participation capital rediscovered

Registration of listed companies

Anti-money laundering standards

Taxation: Circular 958

Concessions and PPPs

New banking system rules

New share certificate system

FIEA amendment

New corporate restructuring scheme

Amended securities regulation

Intragroup interest tax exemption

Foreign insolvency recognition

Enhanced creditor protection

Securities non-delivery penalties

Changes in public procurement

No to government guarantees

New product liability legislation

New tax benefits

And along came Bernie

M&A and the Competition Law

A milestone year for retail

Can private equity benefit?

We await LMA amendments

Asia Awards shortlist

Reporting was saved by Sox

No need for scepticism on Cifir

An obvious fix on credit default swaps

Europe awards shortlist

Growth of Islamic finance

US awards shortlist

Raising equity in a volatile market

Can private equity benefit?

You have to be a beneficial owner

A modern and secure solution

Getting cash back

Will the structure of Asian convertibles change?

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