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Inaugural (and hopefully last) edition

Getting Spacs more time for an acquisition can be tricky. Make sure you consider disclosure, authority and contractual issues. By Liza Mark of Dorsey & Whitney

Private investment in public equity is popular in the US and Asia, but not in Europe. The reasons often given for this do not hold up. It's largely a question of culture. By Nicholas Pettifer, IFLR

Christoph Wildmoser and Philipp Kinsky of Herbst Vavrovsky Kinsky Rechtsanwälte explain how legal initiatives may boost private equity in Austria

Jotham Scerri Diacono and Antoine Cremona of Ganado & Associates discuss investment opportunities created by climate change

Ricardo Arango and Roy Durling of Arias Fábrega & Fábrega revisit a primer to lenders financing energy and other infrastructure projects

After many months of intense debate among Mexican securities market and pension fund regulators, and local and international private equity and infrastructure funds, on July 22 2009 the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, CNBV) amended its general rules for issuers of securities in order to regulate the issuance of structured securities by Mexican investment funds, which can be purchased by Mexican retirement funds (Sociedades de Inversion de Fondos para el Retiro or Siefores) managed by Mexican managers of retirement funds (Administradoras de Fondos Para el Retiro or Afores) and other investors.

New provisions have recently been enacted providing more stringent rules for the management of public companies wholly or partially owned by local entities in order to safeguard the balance of the public accounts.

In August 2009, the Austrian legislator took further action to mitigate the effects of the global financial crisis on the real economy.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced large reductions in fees and charges for services it provides, in order to maintain competitiveness in the market.