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  • Denmark adopted a new Act on Investment Associations, Special-Purpose Associations and other collective investment schemes (CIS) on December 4 2003. The Act implements part of the UCITS Directive (Council Directive 85/611/EEC as amended) and introduces a couple of new features. The Act will in all material respects come into force on January 1 2004.
  • Ratings agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor's have both issued reports criticizing credit derivatives.
  • European finance ministers have rejected quarterly reporting for companies. The European Commission wanted all the EU's 7,000 listed companies to move to a US system of quarterly reporting, but a compromise over the terms of the forthcoming Transparency Directive will allow listed companies to publish audited financial statements only twice a year, with a general description of their financial position.
  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe strengthened its real estate finance and securitization practices recently in Tokyo after hiring senior Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom specialist Mark Brooks as a partner.
  • Banks fear they could face client lawsuits for reporting suspicious transactions under Europe's new Market Abuse Directive. Firms led by the European Banking Federation have proposed changes to the implementation rules for the Directive to protect the industry.
  • An appeal tribunal decision threatens to increase costs and legal uncertainty for mergers and acquisitions in the UK.
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the first steps on the road to a regulatory overhaul of US mutual funds.
  • The UK's Financial Services Authority has officially ruled that banks can no longer issue tax-deductible securities that will qualify as core tier one capital.
  • Non-EU companies with securities listed in the EU could face bills of up to $10 million after European finance ministers decided to force them to comply with international accounting standards (IAS) by 2006.
  • New securities laws aim to bring international standards of transparency to Russia's capital markets. Andrey Yakushin explains