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  • A legal glitch has hit cheap housing in the UK The UK government is taking steps to correct flawed legislation that it believes led to a court decision allowing entities other than standard companies to enter administration.
  • NYSE: may face investigation The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with five firms last month over charges of improper trading, requiring the firms to pay a total of $241.8 million in penalties and reimbursements to investors and to improve their compliance systems.
  • The UK market regulator last month fined an individual director of a public company for the first time, signaling a shift towards tougher enforcement standards.
  • US and European treasurers have released an issuer-friendly draft code of practice for ratings agencies that they would like to see adopted as standard practice.
  • Starting January 1 of this year, China liberalized three types of financial services on better terms than its World Trade Organization commitments, pursuant to the Mainland/Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa).
  • Italy is restricting new issues The Bank of Italy is increasingly using a controversial rule to stop investment banks selling complex securities to Italian institutional and retail investors, say bankers and lawyers working in the Italian market.
  • Europe's member states will implement the Prospectus Directive within the next year. Here, Tim Morris, looks at the impact of the Directive on convertible and exchangeable bonds
  • On October 8 2004 Council Regulation 2157/2001 of October 8 2001 on European companies will enter into force. A European company constitutes a European association designated for cross-border collaboration in the form of a company. The regulation contains provisions regarding, among other things, the formation and structure of these companies.
  • Aventis and Sanofi-Synthelabo are set to merge after a tense three-month standoff. But at what price? Megan Murphy looks at whether a regulatory decision could leave French companies more vulnerable to takeover
  • The financial services industry trails others in the area of lobbying the EU. Michael Evans reports on how law firms can help change this