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  • By Moody's Investors Service
  • Over 3,000 lawyers collected in San Francisco in mid-September at the International Bar Association's annual conference. Reporting by Emma Barraclough, Michael Evans, Andrew Crooke and Ben Maiden
  • Should public companies be forced to suffer for the principle of market integrity? This was the question lawyers wrestled with during an IBA session on continuous disclosure.
  • Europe's Prospectus Directive is meant to create a securities market to rival the US. Jim Bartos of Shearman & Sterling LLP compares the two regimes, and finds each still has something to learn from the other
  • Why do accounting and market structures matter? Capitalism will not work without markets by which investors can efficiently exercise their freedom to exchange assets. It is freedom to exchange assets (particularly financial assets) that gives capitalism its ability to adjust and allocate resources efficiently to create economic growth.
  • Primary offerings have given way to rights issues in the equity markets, but big clients still needed money last year. And, as Simon Crompton finds out, they turned to US firms to help raise it
  • New legislation to authorize the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (Sama) to supervise the licensing and organization of cooperative insurance companies in Saudi Arabia will come into effect on November 20 2003. At present, insurance is an area of the Saudi Arabian economy in which foreign investment is forbidden. It is widely believed, however, that with the passage of the Insurance Law, it will soon become permissible for foreigners to invest in the industry in Saudi Arabia.
  • The Irish Supreme Court recently published its decision in the case of In the matter of Bula Limited (in Receivership) Supreme Court, 11 April 2003 (unreported). The case arose from the sale by a receiver of the assets of Bula Mines and confirms the obligations to be discharged by a receiver upon the sale of property.
  • On August 1 2003 the Japanese government promulgated certain amendments to the Civil Code of Japan and the Civil Execution Law in connection with the foreclosure of mortgaged properties.
  • In the absence of Lenders' Liability law, the Reserve Bank, with a view to counter-balance lenders' power under the Securitization Act, has recently finalized its Guidelines on Fair Practices Code for Lenders. The Code aims to usher in greater transparency in financial dealings, the hallmark of most developed financial markets, by requiring financial and banking institutions to follow a number of guidelines.