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Ashursts closes largest UK football securitization

Ashurst Morris Crisp has advisedthe arranger of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's securitization, the biggest and most complex UK football financing to date.

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

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

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

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

SEC tells foreign issuers Sarbanes-Oxley reprieve unlikely

A senior SEC official has again indicated that foreign issuers will not win exemptions from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,calling local law differences "details".

December 01 2002

Industry disdain taints unveiling of Investment Services Directive

As the EU published a revolutionary proposal to create a single market for investment firms on November 18, the European Commission came under attack from industry lobbyists and lawyers. Michael Evans reports on the last-minute changes to the plans thrashed out behind closed doors

December 01 2002

Weak corporate governance enforcement opens way for arbitration

Regulators in emerging markets still lack the resources and expertise to enforce best corporate governance practices. Private dispute resolution may provide the solution for minority shareholders. By Andrew Crooke

December 01 2002

Courts ease pain of Hong Kong restructurings?

Two recent court rulings in Hong Kong that expand the powers of provisional liquidators will assist in restructurings. And not before time, says Tom Vaizey of Johnson Stokes & Master

December 01 2002

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