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State-owned German bank HSH Nordbank's suit against Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank, over losses on structured finance products is due to start on February 21.

Andreas Mayr and Tibor Varga, Dorda Brugger Jordis Dorda Brugger Jordis partners Andreas Mayr and Tibor Varga have advised on the largest ever capital market transaction on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

Clifford Chance in December advised mortgage bank HBOS on the UK's first covered bond programme backed by social housing loans.

The UK's Takeover Panel is proposing to make buyers of equity derivatives disclose their holdings as a way to stop investors exerting hidden influence on mergers and acquisitions.

The UK's market regulator is increasingly prepared to hit wrongdoers with adverse publicity, but this strategy is undermining the market's confidence in the watchdog, warns Matthew Allen

Australia has imposed a regulatory duty to manage conflicts of interest on its financial services providers. John Moutsopoulos explains

A Chinese court's irregular ruling could make it difficult for international financial institutions to rely on letters of credit issued by Chinese banks. By Geoff Sutherland

Linda Lerner examines the SEC's sweeping Regulation NMS proposals and argues that a lack of self-reform by the market has made new regulation necessary

Siegfried Knopf, James Huang and Giselle Barth explain some of the issues that securitization counsel must prepare for as the SEC introduces its landmark ABS rules

The Securities Class Action Act (SCAA), which is the first class action act recognized and implemented in Korea, took effect on January 1 2005. The SCAA permits initiation of class action by shareholders against companies listed on the Korea Stock Exchange or registered on the Kosdaq in connection with, among others, accounting fraud, fraudulent disclosure, stock-price manipulation and insider trading. The SCAA aims to: (i) effectively remedy loss incurred by a group of (minority) shareholders in the course of securities transactions; (ii) alleviate the shareholders' burden of suing on a cause of action as individuals; and (iii) promote transparency in corporate management.