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  • Poland has missed the implementation deadline, but should otherwise implement the Directive faithfully. By Andrzej Mikosz
  • Ireland is repealing its entire securities law regime to make way for Prospectus Directive implementation, providing a fresh start for the country's capital markets. By David Byers
  • New and proposed international accounting rules attempt to blend a European approach with US elements. Increased transparency of deals will need to be weighed against additional costs of due diligence. By Kathryn Cearns
  • The Swedish Covered Bonds Act (as amended) (Sw: lag (2003:1223) om utgivning av säkerställda obligationer) came into force on July 1 2004. The Act allows Swedish mortgage lending institutions to issue bonds secured by mortgage loans separated into a specific security pool.
  • As the Kyoto Protocol established serious commitments to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, transposition of the EU Emissions Trading Directive took place in Portugal, implementing an emission allowances trading scheme and providing the necessary framework within EU guidelines.
  • The government of India has raised the existing investment limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) from 74% to 100% in Indian publications publishing non-news material in scientific, technical and specialty magazines or periodicals and journals. No substantive definition of technical and specialty magazines has been provided, so the government is likely to grant clearances on a case-by-case basis.
  • The revised Trust Business Law, which came into effect on December 30 2004, expands the types of business eligible to engage in trust business and the types of assets eligible to be held in trust. However, it also imposes more regulations on trustees and trust businesses.
  • Ben Maiden reports on a ruling that exposes underwriters to new litigation risks
  • As IFLR went to press, the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced a £13.9 million ($25.3 million) settlement with investment bank Citigroup over its trading activity on the Eurozone government bond trading platform last August.
  • Louisa Gault assesses 2005's most complex international equity offering so far