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  • Market to open to special funds
    The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) proposes to amend the Act on Securities Funds to open up the establishment of special funds in Norway. These funds would become a new group of securities funds, through which investors would be offered participation in high-risk investment schemes. Special funds would create a new organization model for venture capital and private equity funds. If the proposition is adopted, hedge funds and derivative funds will be allowed to set up in Norway.
    December 01 2005
  • Further amendments to the Federal Penal Code
    In October 2003 Switzerland amended the Federal Penal Code (FPC) and enacted provisions exposing corporations to penal prosecution. With this step Switzerland took up the pace set by Anglo-Saxon and some European countries years ago.
    December 01 2005
  • True-sale securitization
    True-sale securitization has recently become one of the most attractive ways to reform the financial system. For emerging markets such as those in south and eastern Europe, securitization can be seen as a tool for institutions to access financial markets directly. Securitization can also be regarded as an incentive for banks to become more efficient in order to offer the most competitive financial product.
    December 01 2005
  • Declaration of cash
    The Parliament of Latvia recently passed a new law: On the declaration of cash on the state border. The new law will enter into force on July 1 2006.
    December 01 2005
  • Revision of law on prospectus liability proposed
    A working group appointed by the Finnish Ministry of Finance recently published a report suggesting changes to Finnish law on prospectus liability. The report characterizes the existing legal situation as unclear and unsatisfactory, and calls for legislative reform to be undertaken on the basis of the general conclusions set out in the report.
    December 01 2005
  • Foreign inflows boost tax revenue
    Many articles have presented the importance and contribution of Cyprus to the international business sector. By contrast this article highlights the importance of the international business sector to Cyprus. The international business sector has become a vital contributor to Cyprus's economy over the past few years and its importance has recently increased further, for the following reasons.
    December 01 2005
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    Rules for negotiating project finance deals
    Phillip Fletcher explains the art of negotiating an international project financing to achieve consensus in the absence of set rules
    December 01 2005
  • Public takeover regime (part I)
    Takeovers in Slovenia are regulated by the Slovenian Takeover Act (the STA, Zakon o prevzemih, Official Gazette RS No. 47/1997, 56/1999), which became effective on August 15 1997.
    December 01 2005
  • The new banks act
    In the IMF letter of intent dated April 26 2005, the Turkish government undertook to introduce a new banking law that would improve the sector's supervisory and regulatory framework. Parliament first approved the new banks act on July 2 2005. Although president Sezer previously exercised his veto right against three provisions of the new act, the parliament passed it on October 20 2005 without any amendments.
    December 01 2005
  • Serbian competition protection
    On September 24 2005, the new Competition Protection Law (CPL) took effect in Serbia. While protecting market competition is an important goal, and anti-monopoly legislation has been long-awaited in Serbia, the law might unfortunately lead to investor uncertainty resulting in a backlog of deals that cannot be closed for lack of anti-monopoly clearance.
    December 01 2005
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