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  • Introduction: China faces challenges of reform
    The rapid economic growth seen in the People's Republic of China in 2003 will slow this year, but will still probably outpace the government's target. Concerned at patches of economic overheating and unbalanced socio-economic development, the government has taken steps to control credit expansion and is emphasizing a more balanced approach, with help for rural areas. But the country faces many challenges, including a weak banking system, state enterprise reform, job creation and poverty reduction
    July 22 2004
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    Making a strategic investment in a Chinese bank
    As China slowly opens its banking industry, foreign financial institutions are increasingly looking to make strategic investments. Charles Qin, Jonathan Pan, Stanley Cha and Roy Zhang of Llinks Law Office outline the options for investors
    July 22 2004
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    Why mortgage-backed deals are not possible without reform
    If China wants to make the most of mortgage-backed securitization, it will have to rethink its legal system, say Anthony Qiao and Zeng Xianwu of Zhong Lun Law Offices
    July 22 2004
  • UK court restores rights of senior creditors
    UK clearing banks and other secured lenders will continue to be repaid before preferential creditors in corporate insolvencies under a recent ruling by the Court of Appeals.
    June 30 2004
  • Securitization firms continue to challenge accounting rules
    The UK's linked presentation approach to accounting for structured finance deals will form the basis for new proposals being put to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) by industry representatives.
    June 30 2004
  • Banks and regulators divided over client secrecy
    As Hong Kong toughens its stance on enforcement, Jill Wong asks how bankers can reconcile their duty of confidentiality to clients with the obligation to disclose information to regulators
    June 30 2004
  • Switzerland
    The Swiss Federal Statute on Mergers, Spin-offs, Conversions and Transfers of Assets (the Merger Law) entered into effect on July 1 2004. It offers companies more flexibility but also creates more risk. Although the Merger Law focuses only on the four above-mentioned types of transactions, it applies not only to corporations and other legal entities but also to partnerships, sole proprietorships, pension funds and, to a certain extent, public institutions.
    June 30 2004
  • South Korea
    The Ministry of Finance and Economy (Mofe) has presented a draft amendment of the Collective Investment Asset Management Business Act (CIAMBA) to include a new chapter on private equity funds and hedge funds (private investment vehicles).
    June 30 2004
  • Japan
    Prompted by the transition from real estate-based financing to cashflow-based financing, the Ministry of Justice is considering a new registration system to record the transfer of title to movable assets, such as inventory and equipment. The new system would facilitate financial transactions involving chattel mortgages by making such mortgages more reliable and secure.
    June 30 2004
  • Italy
    The Ministry for Economy and Finance enacted on May 27 2004 a Circular on interpretation of the Decree of December 1 2003, n 389 (Decree 389) (see IFLR, International briefings, March 2004) regulating, among other things, derivative transactions for Italian local authorities and regions.
    June 30 2004
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