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Twenty trends to watch out for in 2005

A softening stance from US regulators? Eurobond listings shifting to Switzerland? A hiring crisis among banks in Asia? IFLR makes its pick of the regulatory, legislative and transactional trends to look out for over the coming 12 months. By Andrew Crooke, Ben Maiden and Michael Evans

January 01 2005

Japan's no-nonsense approach to compliance

Since the Financial Services Agency shut Citibank's private banking operations because of compliance breaches, market participants have been worrying that this is the start of a crackdown on their operations. Andrew Crooke asks Naohiko Matsuo, the regulator’s director for international financial markets, whether that is true

January 01 2005

UK lowers standard of care on new operating review

Lawyers and businesspeople have welcomed the decision by the UK government to soften the standard of care for companies when they prepare newly introduced operating reviews together with their annual reports.

January 01 2005

Volkswagen leads way on German true-sale initiative

After an 18-month wait, the first deal has closed under the German true-sale initiative (TSI) platform that was designed to facilitate Germany's nascent true-sale securitization market.

January 01 2005

Milbank advises on first corporate perpetual bond

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy represented Mexican issuer Gruma in the first perpetual bond deal by a corporate issuer in any market.

January 01 2005

Foreign lenders welcome more protection in China

A judgment from the Hong Kong High Court to order the winding up of a PRC government window company is encouraging, says Susan Kendall. No longer will foreign creditors have to rely entirely on unfamiliar local courts

January 01 2005

Australian bidders sharpen takeover tactics

As takeover activity grows in Australia, bidders are finding new techniques to ensure success both on hostile and friendly deals, explains Rodd Levy

January 01 2005

Tips for foreign vendors in Chinese M&A

Foreign vendors that sell to China's increasingly acquisitive companies are exposed to China’s less than transparent regulatory regime, say Jean-Marc Deschandol and Tom Luckock

January 01 2005

South Korea

Establishing private equity funds (PEFs) in Korea is now possible under the amended Indirect Investment Asset Management Business Act (IIAMBA), which took effect as of December 6 2004.

January 01 2005

Italy

Article 66 of Consob Regulation No 11971 of May 14 1999 requires Italian listed companies issuing bonds to inform the public and Consob promptly of events occurring in their or their subsidiaries' sphere of activity that are likely to have a significant effect on the price of the issuer's financial instruments. Article 66 applies irrespective of whether the placement is private or public, or listed.

January 01 2005

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