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  • Europe has set an ambitious timetable to combat Market Abuse. IFLR invited five financial specialists to discuss EU plans so far
  • The Irish government has recently enacted regulations to give effect to two EU directives: Directive 2000/28/EC relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions; and Directive 2000/46/EC relating to the taking up, pursuit of and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions.
  • Many times the future of Hong Kong has been written off. Many times the region has bounced back. By Nick Ferguson
  • Linklaters has advised a consortium of private equity houses on Europe's most expensive leveraged buyout. The €4.9 billion ($4.78 billion) acquisition of Legrand is the biggest private equity buyout for a decade, will be the largest mezzanine financing in Europe and the biggest high-yield financing in France.
  • John D Moore of Goldman Sachs looks at what the new law means for companies
  • The European Investment Bank (EIB) has split its legal department into three parts as the institution looks to improve its internal coordination. The move comes as Eberhard Uhlmann, general counsel of the EIB's legal affairs directorate, assumes added responsibilities after also being appointed as secretary general of the bank.
  • A new EU regulation has been introduced with the stated objectives of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of insolvency proceedings with a cross-border element and avoiding the incentive for parties to transfer assets or proceedings within the EU in an attempt to forum-shop. The new regulation, Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings Within the EU (except Denmark), came into force on May 31 2002.
  • It is the largest economy in Europe, yet Germany has managed only a handful of public projects backed by private money.
  • Singapore's financial market regulator is to increase disclosure levels for retail hedge funds, calling for clearer prospectuses explaining their risks and objectives. The Monetary Authority of Singapore is consulting on the regulations, which will make companies offering hedge funds to retail investors disclose in clear language the differences between hedge funds and traditional funds, the risks and the objectives of the investment.
  • Foreign investors have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to invest in Thailand. Craig Alan Wilson of White & Case explains how to take it