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  • 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
  • Stephen Sibold, Canadian Securities Administrators The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the umbrella organization representing the country's various local securities regulators, has appointed Stephen Sibold as chair. His appointment follows disagreements within the CSA regarding the future of national securities regulation in Canada.
  • A survey has revealed the market is frustrated with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)'s new rules on off-balance sheet financing.
  • Shearman & Sterling has ploughed through a 149-page document and negotiated environmental and political compliance issues to secure the first listing of a South African oil company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
  • Telecoms company Paktel has successfully completed the first ever listed future flow securitization in Pakistan.