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    Hybrids down and banks not up
    Rating agencies are downgrading hybrids due to the removal of systemic and regional support from their process. And although banks are recovering, upgrades are unlikely
    December 01 2009
  • Strategic if anything
    The corporate departments that weathered this downturn well, from the IFLR1000
    December 01 2009
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    CoCo bonds could be one-off
    Lloyds's exchange offer was popular with both investors and regulators. But any future deals will have to deal with several areas of legal uncertainty
    December 01 2009
  • No more bearer bonds?
    The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (the Bill) was introduced in the US Congress at the end of October. If enacted in its current form, the Bill would effectively end the practice whereby US issuers sell so-called bearer bonds to foreign investors.
    December 01 2009
  • Privatisations in 2010
    While the bewildering effects of the world economic crisis are still lingering, investors – aware that the fog is dissipating – are gearing up to hunt big game again. For those watching Turkey closely, the Turkish privatisation authority's programme for 2010 seems a call to arms.
    December 01 2009
  • Debt buy-backs under attack
    Following the financial markets' comeback, Swedish banks are starting to regain that which was lost in the near-perfect storm that struck following the Lehman Brothers collapse. Swedish banks SEB and Swedbank have both recently announced their respective debt buy-back programmes, aiming to strengthen the banks' important core capital bases (Tier 1 and Tier 2).
    December 01 2009
  • Securitisation of the electricity tariff deficit
    Last April 30, several measures on the energy sector were adopted under Royal Decree 6/2009. One of the main objectives is to achieve tariff sufficiency, to solve some of the financial difficulties of electricity companies. Current and future tariff deficits have to be financed, and the mechanism chosen has been the securitisation of the collection rights in favour of a Spanish asset securitisation fund.
    December 01 2009
  • Cross-border mergers
    Beginning this summer, Portuguese limited liability companies are able to merge on a cross-border basis in which all assets and liabilities of the merged entity (including employees) are automatically transferred to the surviving entity and the merged entity ceases to exist without a liquidation process. This became possible with the enactment of Law 19/2009, which implemented the cross-border merger directive (Directive 2005/56/EC).
    December 01 2009
  • Consumer Affairs Agency
    On September 1 2009, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) was established as a new government agency. The CAA's main mission is to protect and enhance consumer rights and to aid them in exercising those rights.
    December 01 2009
  • The Competition Act
    The latest amendments to the Hungarian Act LVII of 1996 on the prohibition of unfair trading practice and unfair competition (the Competition Act), which enter into force as of June 1 2009, aim at implementing recent international developments in antitrust regulation and enforcement to Hungarian law in three key areas.
    December 01 2009
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