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    How to manage sell down
    An unexpected law change on public takeovers has affected new deals. There are a few ways to address the impact though
    April 30 2009
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    Create a governance fund
    Japan has rules that make nominating independent directors easy, but no one uses them. Someone must set up a Governance Improvement Fund
    April 30 2009
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    Cesr cannot regulate ratings agencies
    The new body would have to be in London to be credible EU-backed proposals for a single regulator of credit rating agencies (CRAs) make the best of a bad situation, but fall short of providing a long-term solution.
    April 30 2009
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    Shenzhen growth market will lower standards elsewhere
    China has frozen domestic IPOs to try and protect shares In a move that could pull down standards at the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, the government has indicated that a new growth market could soon be introduced at Shenzhen.
    April 30 2009
  • China embraces derivatives, but only for hedging
    China's derivative market has a new master agreement, but regulators are urging caution. The government has reminded state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that derivatives are for hedging risk, not speculating for return.
    April 30 2009
  • Freescale: novel bond restructuring litigation
    Senior bondholders are challenging Freescale's debt restructuring, making an unprecedented challenge to the material adverse effect (MAE) clause in the creditor agreement. Unfortunately, the creditor agreement is covenant-lite.
    April 30 2009
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    China lock-ups could discourage investment
    In a move that could keep investors out of China, the regulators have increased the lock-up period for foreign investors with stakes in banks.
    April 30 2009
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    GE loses Michael McGuiness; Simpson Thacher hires Sandeep Qusba; Greg Terry leaves Morgan Stanley
    Marzio Longo has been elected as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's managing partner in Italy. Longo is the head of the firm's Italian real-estate practice and also focuses on M&A and contract law. He replaces Raffaele Lener on May 1, although Lener will remain co-managing partner for a transitional period.
    April 30 2009
  • P-Pip: no hocus-pocus
    Paul Krugman fills me with a sense of despair. The professor of Economics at Princeton University and Nobel-prize winner doesn't seem to understand structured finance. Yet he persists in shouting about it from his (very prominent) platform in The New York Times.
    April 30 2009
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    Opinion: Why did G20 focus on hedge funds?
    Aima pointed out that there have been almost no hedge fund blow-ups in the past six months The focus on the regulation of hedge funds at the April 2 G20 meeting in London was odd. They had nothing to do with this financial crisis (despite legitimate concerns about their leverage) and are already being regulated in the world's major jurisdictions.
    April 30 2009
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