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  • Cayman Islands
    The legal authority of the UK Government to extend the European Union Savings Directive to the UK's overseas territories is in doubt following a European Court ruling at a preliminary hearing in March 2003. The Directive is still in draft form and has not yet been adopted by the EU's Council of Minisiters, but in its current state would require EU member states to impose either spontaneous reporting or withholding tax. Although the Cayman Islands is a UK overseas territory, it is not a member of the EU.
    May 31 2003
  • Ireland
    The recent Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 establishes a new body, the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, and amends the regulatory powers of the Irish Central Bank with effect from May 1 2003. The Act also amends a number of legislative provisions in the area of financial services and insurance law and in particular the Central Bank Acts, 1942-1998.
    May 31 2003
  • Italy
    Legislation on derivatives for Italian local authorities is scant. The only provisions are contained in Ministerial Decree No 420 of July 5 1996 (MD No 420) and in Article 41 of Law No 448 of December 28 2001 (2002 Financial Law).
    May 31 2003
  • Hong Kong
    Hong Kong's District Court has sentenced two brothers, formerly senior executives of a Hong Kong-listed fashion trading company, Gay Giano International Group Limited, to prison for commercial conspiracy.
    May 31 2003
  • In brief
    SingPost closes virtual deal to set IPO benchmark
    May 31 2003
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    Banks fear lawsuits over Singapore circulars
    Banks will shy away from Singapore deals unless regulators can explain how new rules affect liability on international public offerings. Andrew Crooke reports
    May 31 2003
  • Freshfields, Cleary Gottlieb advise on Taylor Nelson acquisition
    Freshfields and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising on the $435 million transatlantic acquisition of NFO WorldGroup by the UK's Taylor Nelson Sofre.
    May 31 2003
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    Special report: Hong Kong securities reform
    Despite years of proposals, meetings and debate, doubts remain over how well parts of Hong Kong's new financial markets regime will work. By Andrew Crooke
    May 31 2003
  • US structured finance
    Real reform is being implemented in many segments of US markets. Corporate funding has benefited greatly by this process. Funding cost spreads for US corporations (between rates paid by high-yield growth firms and those of high-grade firms) have narrowed from nearly 8% last October to around 4% today. This trend propelled US debt and equity markets out of an awful slump.
    May 31 2003
  • Why Delaware has thrown M&A laws into doubt
    David Bernstein, of Clifford Chance, says a Delaware Supreme Court decision to overrule a merger agreement between NCS and Genesis risks damaging the state's role as the most popular company base in the US
    May 31 2003
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