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Andreas Moll On August 29 2011, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court rendered a decision concerning kickback payments by banks (retrocession) in favour of asset managers.

Ji Yeoun Kim Following the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act in September 2011 to introduce Korean hedge funds, 12 hedge funds operated by nine different asset management companies have been registered. To assist in the successful operations of hedge funds in Korea, the Financial Supervisory Service and the Korea Financial Investment Association have issued best practice guidelines for Korean hedge funds and prime brokers which came into effect from December 12 2011.

Following the promulgation of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organised Crime Group Members in 1992, organised crime groups in Japan began increasingly to attempt to conceal the true nature of their organisations as ordinary businesses and use more sophisticated methods to generate funds through complex transactions such as equity investments and real-estate transactions.

Anthony Coleby Chapter VIII of the Kuwaiti Capital Market Law (CML)'s executive regulations deals with investment funds: their formation and the offering of units for subscription. Also covered are the marketing and offering of units of overseas funds, fund operation, corporate governance and fund liquidation. Chapter VIII spans 75 Articles of the executive regulations (293–368). This briefing will address just the first 15, leaving the remainder to be dealt with subsequently.

A rating is, in substance, the opinion expressed by a rating agency as to the ability of an entity to generate the funds necessary to meet the commitments undertaken with respect to its creditors. It is based mainly on an economic assessment, although in certain circumstances the economic assessments must go parallel with contractual structures.

Colin Riegels Like most other developed offshore jurisdictions, the British Virgin Islands promotes a type of company which seeks to compartmentalise the assets and liabilities of various portfolios away from other portfolios and the company's general assets. In the British Virgin Islands these are known as segregated portfolio companies (SPCs). In other jurisdictions the equivalent type of company is often known as a protected cell company or segregated cell company.

Asset purchases are a popular way to make strategic acquisitions in China while avoiding red tape. But they should be approached with caution

European regulators reveal what they really want to see in comment letters

Babette Vos Dutch partnerships, in particular limited partnerships (commanditaire vennootschappen), have traditionally been a preferred option for investors for a variety of reasons, including the possibility to limit their liability and thereby their own exposure and the possibility to achieve tax transparency. The Dutch law legislation applicable to a limited partnership, as well as to a partnership (maatschap) and a general partnership (vennootschap onder firma) originates from 1838 and is highly in need of modernisation.

The structure and detail of US and English law intercreditor agreements can vary greatly. It is vital to understand the differences