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  • European MEPs decided that enough was enough for naked credit default swaps (CDS) on October 18 when they voted to ban the instrument and extend the European Securities and Markets Authority's (Esma) powers to restrict short selling.
  • Contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) will need to be more widely-tested before the instrument is recognised in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has told IFLR.
  • Regulators need to go back to the future Canadian regulators' proposal for stricter securitisation standards similar to the US could close parts of the private market, industry participants have warned.
  • On September 21, the guidance consultation period for the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) rules on liquidity swaps ended.
  • Canadian companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) may be subject to new regulations on board elections sooner rather than later. The TSX bypassed the slower Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) rulemaking process and proposed its own reforms last month.
  • Ian Mann Simon Hudd In July 2011, in a case called HRH Prince Faisal v PIA Investments BVIHC, the British Virgin Islands' High Court considered whether parties could contract out of the BVI statutory mechanism for the appraisal of shares following a forced redemption by the majority (often referred to as the squeeze out of minority shareholders).
  • Nitu Agarwal Shuchita Bhushan The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has finally notified the much anticipated Sebi (Substantial Acquisitions of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (the new code). The new code replaces the old takeover code of 1997 and will be effective from October 22 2011. It is substantially based on the recommendations made by the Takeover Regulatory Advisory Committee constituted by Sebi.
  • Chinonyelum Uwazie Vincent Iweze In a bid to address the demand by investors and other capital market participants for a more efficient securities clearing and settlement system, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission recently made provisions for the dematerialisation of securities in a newly revised Consolidated Rules and Regulations 2011.
  • A French ruling on the Belvédère case has shed light on the role of the trustee in insolvency proceedings
  • Parties involved in multinational deals must adjust to a multipolar world of international merger control