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Linklaters widened its lead at the top of the equity linked table and broke the century mark with a total of 119 deals for the year in 2004

IFLR is please to announce the short listed deals and law firms for the eighth Asian awards, as well as the winners of the National Law Firms of the Year

Despite Finland's delay in implementing the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC), the Helsinki Stock Exchange has began applying the safe-harbour framework included in the Exemptions Regulation (Commission Regulation EC 2273/2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC regarding exemptions for buy-back programmes and stabilization of financial instruments) with respect to stabilization. Accordingly, as of this date, the stabilization rules of the Exemptions Regulation, including the reporting rules, apply to stabilization on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The previous set of rules on stabilization is no longer in force. However, the Helsinki Stock Exchange has not yet begun applying the Exemptions Regulation with respect to share buy-backs. The current rules of the Helsinki Stock Exchange on share buy-backs will continue to be in force until further notice.

IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the magazine's sixth annual European awards

In January the Hong Kong authorities released consultation papers on giving statutory backing to some of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's listing rules. Robert Ashworth and Helena Chung examine the potential effects of this development

Collateralized fund obligations (CFOs) are complex vehicles that securitize private equity investments. Colin Mercer explains a CFO structure and how to reconcile the confidential world of private equity with a publicly listed vehicle

Article 35 of the Portuguese Companies Code, entitled Loss of Half of the (Statutory) Capital, resulted from the implementation of Article 17 of the EU Directive on Coordination of Safeguards Regarding the Protection of Interests of Members and Others, which established that, in case of a serious loss of a company's subscribed statutory capital, a general meeting should be immediately convened to decide what should be done and to consider, among the various solutions, dissolution of the company.

A new Banking and Financing Business Act came into force on July 1 2004 as part of the modernization of the regulation of banking and financing businesses in Sweden.

In early 2005, the first large securitization of trade receivables was completed, with over DKr1 billion ($1.75 billion) of trade receivables sold into an existing platform.

Sandeep Parekh argues that quality, not quantity, is the answer to India's disclosure issues