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Terror taskforce issues checklist for disaster clauses

Banks should review clauses in their documents designed to protect them against disasters such as a terror attack, said two recent government commissioned reports.

January 01 2004

Catering IPO brings new hybrid product to US market

A catering company introduced the US financial markets to a new product last month when it launched an innovative combined debt-equity offering.

January 01 2004

How plans to curb spinning could wrong-foot banks

The National Association of Securities Dealers has taken the latest step aimed at stamping out abusive allocations of shares. Charles Gittleman and Russell Sacks explain

January 01 2004

Germany sees first true-sale deal since trade tax reversed

Germany: once more a source of true-sale deals in Europe Deutsche Bank completed Germany's inaugural true-sale commercial mortgage-backed securitization in December, the first deal to take advantage of legislative changes that came into force during the summer.

January 01 2004

Equity lawyers end year on a high

It was the second week of December when the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 for the first time in 18 months. The number itself may not bear gifts, but breaking the psychological barrier was as an early Christmas present for the markets.

January 01 2004

Wastewater project brings private finance to The Hague

The Hague: Dutch utilities are turning to private finance A €400 million financing in The Hague has introduced the Dutch equivalent of private finance initiative deals to the country's utilities.

January 01 2004

Chinese offerings find second life in US

Two initial public offerings (IPOs) in December underlined both the continuing success of Chinese companies and the returning appetite among US investors for foreign equity. Both also saw welcome mandates for the China branches of several US and UK law firms.

January 01 2004

Japan

At present, the joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) and the limited liability company (yugen kaisha) are the two corporate forms most common in Japan. Though the joint stock company form was intended for large and public companies and the limited liability company form was for smaller closely held companies, many closely held companies use the more prestigious joint stock company form even though it is more strictly regulated.

January 01 2004

Finland

On December 2 2003, a working group nominated by HEX Integrated Markets, the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland and the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers published a new Finnish Corporate Governance Recommendation. The Recommendation is a result of the working group's review of the previous corporate governance recommendation for Finnish listed companies issued in 1997.

January 01 2004

Market Abuse Directive: banks call for safeguards against client lawsuits

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.

January 01 2004

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