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Concerns that the proposed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act would severely hamper the ability of US companies to issue bearer bonds have been eased by an amendment

Proposals for a new bond platform will bring corporate bonds back to Paris, and justify the Autorité des Marchés Financiers' (AMF) commitment to liberalising its onerous listing rules

Morgan Stanley and China Haisheng Juice's out of court settlement could embolden Chinese companies to cease derivatives payments in the future, aware of international banks' fear of court battles

BAA Funding has launched the first bond from its programme set up in August 2008 to provide financing for London's Heathrow and Stansted airports. Clifford Chance advised co-arrangers Citi and The Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as other members of the dealer group on the first £700 million ($1.1 billion) worth of bonds, and the dealer managers on a further issue of £235 million. A separate team from Clifford Chance assisted Deutsche Trustee Company as bond and borrower security trustee, and BAA was represented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Asia's bankers' counsel are unhappy with the standard of diligence on IPOs. There must be public filings, litigation or greater regulation, or this could cause the next crisis

Martin Goldberg compares London to New York, BarCap to Lehman

Derivatives could be used to fund acquisitions of strategic stakes in India, which is planning to switch to physical settlement of equity derivatives. But RBI rules would mean only hedge funds could participate

Peter Castellon has left Baker & McKenzie in London to rejoin Citigroup.

Cravath Swaine & Moore is representing IBM on the purchase of National Interest Security Company (NISC), a defence, healthcare, energy, logistics and security company

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s merger after almost a year of investigation