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  • By Louise Le Yi Gong Chambers & Company
  • Historically, restructurings performed before Romanian courts have been inefficient due to lengthy and complicated court procedures. Only 1.5% of restructurings performed through the court are completed successfully. The rest end in bankruptcy.
  • Special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) came into being in Korea by the Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (FISCMA) in December 2009. Spacs are paper companies that raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs) in order to merge or acquire well-performing unlisted companies.
  • In December 2009, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) announced an amendment to its rules regarding stock acquisition rights (SARs) abolishing the requirement under the Implementation Rules for the TSE Listing Standard that one share must be issued when a listed stock acquisition right is exercised. This amendment, which effectuates a part of the Listing System Improvement Action Plan 2009 published by the TSE, is intended to promote the use of rights issues as an alternative to public offerings of shares.
  • Carlos Silva, Morales Besa & Abogados, Santiago A new law on corporate governance entered into effect on January 1 2010 that modifies the securities and stock corporation laws in Chile.
  • New legislative provisions will come into effect shortly in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) relating to financial services, insurance business and financing and money services. They will provide an enhanced platform in these areas of the financial services industry, again demonstrating the commitment of the BVI to ensuring its legislation provides transparent regulation that is appropriate for the BVI as an OECD white-listed jurisdiction.
  • On December 15 2009, the Brazilian government enacted Provisional Measure 472. Among other things, it created two new financial instruments for the long term funding of financial institutions, the Financial Bill (Letra Financeira) and the Structured Transactions Certificate (Certificado de Operações Estruturadas).
  • The head of the SFC stands by his position on family-owned companies and Rusal’s listing. But there’s shouting in the lobby
  • Derivatives don’t need to be standardised – banks have been doing it naturally for years
  • The details of Nortel’s auctions, including an unusual two-step procedure