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  • The first acquisition of a Chinese fund management company by a foreign investor could pave the way for greater market access and wider industry reform. May Qian and Leigh Schulz of Linklaters, reveal how the deal was done
  • Government decree 12/2003 on the non-judicial enforcement of liens, pledges and mortgages (collectively referred to as charges) provides detailed regulations awaited by the banking industry since September 1 2001 when the Civil Code established the basic rules of non-judicial enforcement. The Decree became effective from March 1 2003.
  • A recent decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan linking registration requirements for foreign companies for the purposes of the Ministry of Taxes and the Ministry of Justice may have useful applications wider than those originally envisaged by its drafters.
  • The Czech government has abandoned plans to build a highway using what would have been the country's first public private partnership (PPP) infrastructure deal.
  • For the first time in Australia, the bidders in two recent takeover bids included conditions to help them extract valuable and confidential information from the target. Rodd Levy of Freehills looks at how this could influence future bidding tactics, as well as the final outcome
  • Regulators have always frowned on selling derivatives to UK retail investors. But Simon Gleeson from Allen & Overy explains how careful structuring can overcome this problem
  • UK regulators have shelved plans to allow the sale of hedge funds to retail investors. Simon Firth of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering believes the rulemakers will regret their mistake
  • On January 24 2003, the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) issued directives on the independence of financial research. The Federal Banking Commission (FBC) ratified these on January 29 2003 as minimal standards of self-regulation (code of conduct).
  • The Ministry of the Economy and Finance's Decree No 47 of January 31 2003, which recently entered into force, has substantially amended Ministerial Decree No 228 of May 24 1999 that regulates common investment funds. The most remarkable amendments are those relating to the discipline of real estate investment funds, under a new Article 12-bis.
  • Ben Maiden reports from New York on how Uruguay's proposed bond exchange is helping to rewrite the rules on sovereign debt restructuring