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Thailand releases financial sector masterplan Albert T Chandler of Chandler and Thong-ek assesses how Thai regulators plan to guide the finance sector over the next few years

September 29 2004

United Kingdom

By Bob Penn of Allen & Overy

September 29 2004

Interview

Keith Clark: getting the best out of change Keith Clark, international general counsel of Morgan Stanley, tells Rob Mannix how his firm is facing the regulatory challenge set by Europe

September 29 2004

Indonesia

How Indonesia plans to protect depositors The Indonesian government will set up agencies to protect a bank's customers should the bank fail. Lucyana Dela Rosa of Mochtar Karuwin Komar outlines how the new agencies will work

September 29 2004

France brings synthetic structures onshore

Xavier de Kergommeaux and Colin Mercer describe how French regulators are on the verge of expanding and clarifying the role of the country's securitization vehicle

August 31 2004

Finland

In July 2004, the Finnish Financial Supervision Authority (FSA) issued a statement on the interpretation of certain provisions of the Investment Funds Act on marketing of units in foreign investment funds in Finland.

August 31 2004

Denmark

Good corporate governance has in recent years been an important topic for Danish listed companies and for many of the largest unlisted companies and institutions. The compliance discussion has also become an integral part of these companies' interest in the principles of good management, and it has become a part of everyday life for Danish institutional investors.

August 31 2004

British Virgin Islands

The Insolvency (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) Act 2004 was passed in July. The amendments were a necessary precondition to the Insolvency Act 2003 Act, which came into force on August 16 2004.

August 31 2004

SEC bans directed brokerage by mutual funds

The SEC last month put in place two of the final pieces of the most radical regulatory overhaul of the US mutual funds industry in 60 years. On August 18 the Commission voted to ban the practice of directed brokerage and to increase disclosure about portfolio managers, leaving just three rules in its year-long plan to be passed.

August 31 2004

The month in a minute

The UK market regulator is investigating Citigroup's unusual trading behaviour in the government Eurobond market. In August Citigroup sold over €10 billion ($12 billion) of government bonds in a matter of minutes, causing the market to fall and allowing Citigroup to buy back about €4 billion of the same bonds at a lower price later the same day. The trades did not breach any specific securities laws but the regulator is to decide whether Citigroup acted "with regard to the consequences of its actions".

August 31 2004

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