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  • Here are the ten things financial institutions need to know about Hong Kong’s new anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules
  • Debt-for-equity swaps can create core Tier 1 common equity without being subject to bail-in and cram-down concepts
  • High yield is tipped to reemerge in the country this year. However tax and structuring issues still need to be considered
  • Hyeon Tak Shin Recently, South Korea's National Pension Fund Operation Committee amended the Guidelines for Voting of the Fund to deliberate on the independency of outside directors, signaling the start of an attempt by the National Pension Service (NPS) to strengthen its shareholder's rights which were previously almost neglected.
  • Carlos N Lafargue The Spanish Act 38/2011, of October 10 2011, has amended the Spanish Insolvency Act 22/2003 introducing a new controversial sentence in article 90.1.6 stating that the "pledge securing future credits will only grant a special privilege to credits arising prior to the declaration of insolvency, as well as to credits arising after such declaration, when reinstated by virtue of article 68 or when the pledge was recorded in a public registry prior to the declaration of insolvency".
  • The coming into force of the Competition Act 2010 on January 1 2012 ushers in a comprehensive competition regime in Malaysia. This new regime is expected to herald a paradigm shift in the way business is conducted in the country. Entrenched business practices that are seen to hinder competition will now come under close the scrutiny of the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC).
  • Ryuji Sakai In late February 2012, Elpida Memory, one of the key Japanese players in the DRAM integrated circuit global market, filed an application with the Tokyo District Court for commencement of corporate reorganisation proceedings (the statutory insolvency proceedings under Japanese law for use by large-scale businesses). A temporary restraining order has been granted by the court to maintain the status quo during the court's examination of the merits of Elpida's application.
  • Freddy Karyadi Oene Marseille On February 21 2012, the Indonesian government issued Government Regulation No 24/2012 (GR 24) which revised Government Regulation No 23/2010 on Mining Business Activities.
  • The banking industry in Central America has undergone important changes over the past five years. Well-known financial groups from North America, Canada, England and South America set their eyes on the region as an area that provided opportunities to develop banking and insurance practices. This led to significant acquisitions of financial institutions throughout the region, and in the case of El Salvador, represented the acquisition most (if not all) private banks.
  • David Liu Julie Cheng Since the implementation of its VAT regime and the supplemental turnover tax system which includes business tax in 1994, China has undergone continuous reform of these systems, which could be collectively labelled the turnover tax system.