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  • A Chinese government decision to fast track rules on renminbi-settled foreign direct investment (FDI) is indicative of authorities’ concerns over the outflow of money from the country, according to market participants
  • Here we list the the best quotes from a meeting featuring SEC chairman Mary Schapiro, CFTC chairman Gary Gensler and Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit
  • Sir Mervyn King’s calls for the Bank of England to be given discretion to force banks to restructure or cut borrowing has been met with hostility by some lawyers
  • The absence of senior unsecured debt to bail-in in a resolution scenario is a “weak spot”, an FSB official has admitted
  • Fairness opinions are an important part of most deal agreements, but are not always necessary and will not help justify transactions where the financial analysis is crafted to rationalise the deal. This is the position affirmed in recent Delaware Court of Chancery shareholder litigation
  • Basel III plans to raise banks’ capital requirements were slammed at an IBA session as both short-sighted and ineffectual
  • A Financial Stability Board official and a Deustche Bank in-house have clashed over the Board’s plan to ban CoCos from being used in G-Sifi buffers
  • Shareholder passivity, executive compensation and the role of the media emerged as the topics to watch in the IBA session ‘Shareholder activism: how shareholders drive change and how boards and advisers respond’ on Wednesday November 2
  • Although the UK Bribery Act has focused attention on the UK regime, other countries ramping up their anti-corruption initiatives
  • Negotiations between companies and private equity investors can be difficult, requiring time, diplomacy and collaborative discussions