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Rémi Chevalier and Olivier Sciales of Chevalier & Sciales explain why Luxembourg is world leader in the formation and operation of investment funds

Brice Henry of Allen & Overy explains the impact of Lehman Brothers on depositaries in France, and compares it to the EU Commission's draft alternative funds directive

During 2008 the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) conducted live inspections at no less than 106 Swedish securities companies holding local Swedish licences to conduct securities operations. The purpose of the inspections was to assess how well those companies have adapted to the new rules imposed by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) and also whether the companies held the correct licences for their businesses. The inspections resulted in an SFSA report which was published on April 9 2009.

The Italian Securities Commission (Consob) has amended its Regulation on issuers (the Consob Regulation) with the purpose of introducing; (i) a standard regulation of the compulsory information required to listed issuers and to their shareholders, and (ii) specific provisions to assure the public access to the information which is to be made public by issuers. This is part of the ongoing implementation of the Transparency Directive.

Last year, James Tanenbaum said that Basel II would have made no difference to sub-prime. Now he's surprised bankers' counsel haven’t lost faith in models completely

Bankers' counsel believe a single global regulator is both undesirable and impossible. They also think that the FSA has been the UK's biggest asset and that a return to Glass-Steagall would be a bad move. By Elizabeth Fournier

The US government is illegally restructuring Chrysler to keep the company viable.

Duong Thu Ha and John R Davis of YKVN discuss the position of foreign strategic investors in the equitisation of large state-owned enterprises

Burcu Sener Sözer of Taboglu & Demirhan explains the restrictions on M&A activity in the Turkish energy market

Deger Boden of Boden Law Office explains how the market design originally envisaged in the Electricity Market Law was changed with the subsequent amendments