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Lawyers have predicted China's central bank decision to widen the renminbi (RMB) trading band against the US dollar will prompt a continued and gradual loosening of trading band widths.

The Italian government has introduced a new law that, for the first time, sets out a comprehensive investment control regime in Italy. But the scheme is not perfect and changes still need to be made, according to lawyers in Italy.

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) is set to amend Hong Kong's accounting report standards to better clarify accountants' role in the city's listing process.

Recently published proposals from the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (Iosco) have not eliminated concern from key market participants on regulating money market funds (MMFs)

Konstantinos Gr. Vouterakos Elmina Chadio In 2011, some significant changes to the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) Rulebook have been introduced. These changes will be discussed here together with some recent developments in the Greek Capital Markets.

Lawyers in Beijing expect a wave of foreign investment into China’s asset management industry. But international private equity firms need not apply

In a first of its kind in India, the High Court of Calcutta on March 20 2012 passed an interim injunction restraining Fitch Ratings from publishing a rating downgrade. The downgraded bonds were issued by Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited in 2010 and amounted to a total of Rs2.5 billion ($48.5 million). In respect of these bonds, Srei approached the High Court for an injunction, seeking to prevent publication of the downgrade.

Serene Sia Chen Shu The Monetary Authority of Singapore, on the advice of the Securities Industry Council (SIC), has revised the Code on Takeovers and Mergers which came into force on April 9 2012.

Chun-yih Cheng In the December 2011/January 2012 issue of IFLR, the author's reported that Taiwan's Fair Trade Act was amended to increase administrative fines on material abuse of monopoly powers and material illegal cartel up to 10% of the offender's annual turnover in the preceding fiscal year. The Fair Trade Act mandates the competition authority, the Fair Trade Commission, to promulgate the criteria of the calculation of annual turnover of the preceding fiscal year, the determination of materiality, and the computation of administrative fines. Based on this mandate, the Rules for the Calculation of Administrative Fines on the Material Breach of Article 10 and Article 14 of the Fair Trade Act were released in April 2012 by the Fair Trade Commission (the Rules).

Malaysia has, in its Tenth Malaysia Plan for 2011 to 2015, re-emphasised its commitment to the use of renewable energy to meet the country's growing energy demands and the sustainability of the environment. This commitment can be seen through the enactment of the Renewable Energy Act 2011 (RE Act) and the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Act 2011 (Seda Act) coming into effect in December 2011, a significant milestone in the development of renewable energy in Malaysia.