Market welcomes latest SEC offering reforms Ben Maiden looks at proposals that could change the way issuers tap the US financial markets
Delaware curbs Omnicare with new lockup ruling A recent decision from the Delaware Court of Chancery may limit the effect of a previous case in which the Delaware Supreme Court invalidated takeover lockups that guaranteed approval of a deal. By Rod Howard, Norman Veasey and Frederick Green
The arbitration risk facing sovereign investors Parties pursuing the kind of state-investor arbitrations that have mushroomed in Latin America are wrong if they think the Icsid Convention ensures that awards will be enforced, say Edward Baldwin, Mark Kantor and Michael Nolan
Canada's new liability law focuses first on deterrence William Braithwaite and John Ciardullo discuss new secondary market liability regimes soon to take effect in Canada
French securitizers wait in vain for insolvency reform Conflicting court decisions over the transfer of receivables have held back whole-business securitization in France. Yet the government has postponed legislative settlement of the issue. Clotilde Dirnat and Jonathan Souffir explain
What investors can learn from Welcome Break In the months since the controversial Welcome Break restructuring, bondholders have been analyzing multi-tiered security packages of corporate securitizations with extra care. Bodo Schaar explains how documentation should evolve
In defence of equity contracts for differences Robert Falkner counters the presumption that equity contracts for differences give rise to market abuse
Five exit options for China private equity In the second of two articles, Jack Lange and Marcia Ellis consider how investors in a Chinese company might realize their gains
Market weighs value of Hong Kong's quick fix New rules that simplify offers to professional investors are welcome, but Hong Kong's shake-up of securities laws falls short on other counts. By Andrew Malcolm
Bankers profit as Asian regulators soften stance on credit derivatives Bankers in Asia are tapping markets from Thailand to Taiwan amid regulators' growing acceptance of credit derivative products, reports Andrew Crooke
Issuers face disclosure crackdown in Japan Japanese issuers must overhaul their reporting practices to avoid the attention of increasingly intolerant regulators intent on improving investor confidence. Andrew Crooke reports
Plain English the key to Hong Kong retail first HKMC adapted an existing debt programme to achieve the first retail offering of mortgage-backed bonds in Hong Kong. Adrienne Showering and Lydia Lye explain how
Swiss make play for Eurobond market Disclosure rules are forcing issuers to consider listing outside the EU, reports Michael Evans. Switzerland's SWX sees a chance to win business from its European rivals
