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Swiss legal reform aims to make the country more competitive in the international investment fund market. Philippe Borens, Lionel Aeschlimann and Mark-Oliver Baumgarten of Schellenberg Wittmer outline the changes

Niall Horgan of Matheson Ormsby Prentice outlines some of the considerations in lending to Irish-domiciled, regulated investment funds

Péter Bálint of Bán S Szabó & Partners gives an overview of fund management in Hungary

Fund management is an ideal vehicle to direct billions of domestic savings towards Chinese companies, and China is adjusting its regulatory framework towards this end. Raphaël Chantelot and David Boitout of Gide Loyrette Nouel explain

Christian Kremer and Caroline Migeot of Kremer Associés & Clifford Chance focus on the eligibility of derivative instruments on financial indices for investment by harmonized Ucits

By Malcolm Lombers, Stephen Wilkinson, James Quinney and Alison Brown of Herbert Smith

Online UK property marketplace Rightmove completed its £425 million ($744 million) initial public offering (IPO). The company listed on the London Stock Exchange on March 15 and is reported to be investing ahead of changes to UK property law that bring in mandatory buyers' information packs in June 2007. Rightmove's website is the UK's largest property portal. Herbert Smith, through lead partner Greg Mulley, advised sponsor and sole bookrunner UBS on the deal. Slaughter and May advised Rightmove and Addleshaw Goddard advised the selling shareholders.

An arbitrator who knows the parties well, being intimately involved in their relationship and difficulties, can be valuable. Knowledge of the problem and business might lead to a more commercially correct award than that rendered by a disinterested party. However, should this intimate arbitrator decide on issues relating to his own jurisdiction?

The Romanian financial and banking system has enjoyed spectacular growth over the last several years-both from an institutional perspective and in the introduction of financial instruments similar to those found in more developed market economies.

The Maltese Parliament is considering a new securitization law generally based on the Luxembourg model. It provides a comprehensive framework for the conversion of receivables or other assets into securities that can be placed and traded in capital markets. Issued securities are collateralised by the pool of assets which are transferred to a separate entity, the securitization vehicle, also referred to as a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The SPV can take the form of an investment company, a partnership, a trust or any other legal structure permitted by the competent authority.