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  • The fallout from minibonds arranged by Lehman Brothers shocked Hong Kong, and brought retail structured products to a halt. But now it's making a tentative return
  • Private equity houses including Blackstone, Carlyle and Citadel gathered in Hong Kong to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the industry
  • “A minority shareholder that’s fast asleep should not be able to cripple a capital raising” In a bid to help troubled companies raise money, the Hong Kong stock exchange is set to streamline rights issues and open offers by reducing the notice period for book closure.
  • Banks will have to weigh up products against leverage ratios The US Treasury's liquidity proposal, designed to prevent risk build-up, will force banks to reconsider which products they offer.
  • Since before the German government described private equity as "locusts" in 2004, its acquisitions have been scrutinised, its tactics debated and – despite last month's dismissal of a class action against Blackstone's initial public offering in 2008 – its integrity questioned.
  • Ismail G Esin of the Esin Law Firm discusses the legal nature of private equity deals in Turkey
  • Natalja Sidorenko of Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius, Tallinn, Lauris Liepa of Liepa Skopina/Borenius, Riga and Tomas Rymeikis of Foigt & partners/Regija Borenius, Vilnius discuss private equity trends amid the economic downturn hitting the Baltic states
  • Pedro Aguiar de Freitas and Ana Carolina Barretto of Veirano Advogados discuss project finance in the emerging Brazilian energy market
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  • Earlier this year, Singapore's Minister For Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced that the Ministry had set up a high-level Steering Committee, chaired by Attorney-General Professor Walter Woon, to review the Companies Act. It is part of the Government's efforts to keep pace with changes in the business environment and to improve the regulatory and governance framework that supports Singapore's growth as an international financial hub.