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Canada stands firm on corporate governance

The cold winds of corporate scandal and tightening securities regulation are blowing north from the US. Ben Maiden reports on how Canada is trying to keep its own identity, at its own pace

January 01 2003

Korea closes first cross-border mortgage-backed transaction

Samsung Life Insurance has created a new template for Asia's increasingly sophisticated securitization market - cross-border residential mortgage-backed deals from Korea.

January 01 2003

PRIMA Convention brings certainty to cross-border deals

Government representatives have agreed on an international convention governing which law applies to cross-border securities transactions. Christophe Bernasconi and Richard Potok, who have spearheaded the negotiations over the past two-and-a-half years, explain the need for the Convention and how it will benefit the securities industry

January 01 2003

Hana Bank leads way for hybrid bond deals in Korea

The launch of Korea's first hybrid tier one issue has opened the way for what some observers predict could be a $3 billion market over the next 12 months.

January 01 2003

A&O helps structure Hong Kong's first arbitrage synthetic CDO

Hong Kong has joined the growing number of jurisdictions where synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are becoming popular.

January 01 2003

EU sets up group to advise on regulation of financial analysts

A group set up by the EU to advise on the regulation of financial analysts has met for the first time.

January 01 2003

Hong Kong

The Securities (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) Rules 2002, which came into effect on November 15 2002, introduced new exemptions for section 80 of the Securities Ordinance for relieving prohibition of the uncovered short selling of securities.

January 01 2003

Monti sounds competition warning to financial industry

European competition regulators will not go easy on the financial services industry just because they are keen to promote a single financial market, according to competition commissioner Mario Monti.

January 01 2003

Commission brings first Regulation Fair Disclosure cases

The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought its first cases against companies allegedly breaking Regulation Fair Disclosure, a rule designed to prevent selective disclosure of corporate information.

January 01 2003

China

On November 7 2002, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the People's Bank of China jointly issued the Interim Measures on Administration of Domestic Securities Investment of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII). These measures allow foreign investors to invest in publicly traded, yuan-denominated A shares, treasury and corporate bonds listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. The new rules became effective December 1.

January 01 2003

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