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  • President Putin has a track record of being friendly towards business. But with the country's leading businessman in jail, are foreign investors underestimating Russian risk? By Simon Crompton
  • In traditional models, it is the job of central banks to moderate credit cycles. By that measure, there is little to say that is favourable about the work of the US Federal Reserve System between April 1998 and October 2002. For nearly six years before 1998, conditions slowly improved, going from unnerving through cool to Goldilocks on the chart. Almost everyone claims credit for that virtuous cycle. The horrible period from 1998 to 2002, however, remains unclaimed.
  • Financial services companies in Hong Kong can now use a new trade pact with China to gain a lead over rivals elsewhere. By Andreas Lauffs, Eugene Lim and David Lee
  • Ontario's new statute of limitations is an important modernization, but it leaves the door open to disputes and litigation. Jay Lefton of Aird & Berlis LLP explains
  • New legislation should help promote the development of asset-backed financings in Russia. By Vladimir Dragunov
  • Local law means bankers cannot rely on security trustees in syndicated deals. John Balsdon and Liza Ivanova review the alternatives
  • Foreigners are showing interest in buying non-tradeable shares in domestically listed companies, but political ambivalence and a vague legal and regulatory framework are holding things up. By Doug Markel
  • German and foreign hedge funds can target German investors for the first time. But the complexity of the corresponding tax regime stands in the way of rapid growth in the industry. By Edgar Wallach
  • In the first of a series of articles examining differences between UK and US documentation, Tom Reid and William Underhill look at IPO underwriting agreements
  • Several developments in Ontario securities law, taken together, have the potential to substantially increase the exposure of directors and officers to personal liability. These are: