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  • How securitization can help the developing world
    Securitization is an important tool in helping financial systems and capital markets to evolve and expand, but so far the world’s richest nations have had a competitive advantage over their less developed neighbours. Lakshman Alles of Australia’s Curtin University discusses the challenges of bringing securitization to the developing world
    January 01 2002
  • United Kingdom
    The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) came into force at midnight on November 30 2001, and includes new provisions controlling banking business transfer schemes.
    January 01 2002
  • Brazil
    On November 29 2001, the National Monetary Council approved Resolution 2.907, authorizing investment funds in receivables and investment funds in shares of the funds in receivables.
    January 01 2002
  • Firm directory - Canada
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Box 25
    January 01 2002
  • Slow pace of reform hampers Indian markets
    With liberalization in a state of paralysis, India’s legal market remains closed to outsiders. Many observers are concerned that this is hampering both the development of local law firms and the economy as a whole. Nick Ferguson reports
    January 01 2002
  • Italian gas deal sparks hopes of European IPO revival
    Italian blue-chip energy group Eni has kick-started European capital markets for the new year with the largest non-privatization initial public offering in Italy to date. The group's listing of Snam Rete Gas, the Italian gas transportation company it partially owns, raised almost euro 3 billion ($2.6 billion) and was the first initial public offering to raise more than euro 30 million since the mid-July listing of De'Longhi ($114 million).
    January 01 2002
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    Insolvency law reforms complicate second European shopping centre securitization
    Clifford Chance and Simmons & Simmons have closed the second whole-business securitization of a shopping centre in Europe. The Meadowhall Shopping Centre near Sheffield, UK, which has around 132, 000 square metres of space including 230 shops and kiosks and 27 restaurants to let, has raised £875 million ($1.3 billion) against rent receipts. The deal is larger than Europe's first shopping centre deal, the £610 million securitization of the Trafford Centre in Manchester last year.
    January 01 2002
  • UK and US firms close transatlantic cruise-line deal
    US and UK firms have joined forces to advise on the creation of the biggest luxury cruise company in the world. Working with lawyers at London firm Slaughter and May, partners at "best friend" firm Davis Polk & Wardwell are advising Florida-based Royal Caribbean Cruises on its $6.1 billion merger with UK company P&O Princess Cruises. Sullivan & Cromwell is advising P&O Princess, whose UK counsel is Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
    January 01 2002
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    Late rush of European convertible issues
    "It has become a self-fulfiling momentum as issuers try to take advantage of low interest rates and the recovery of the stock markets".
    January 01 2002
  • Canada
    The Canadian Securities Administrators have adopted National Policy 46-201 (Escrow for Initial Public Offerings) setting out uniform terms of escrow applicable to IPOs when an issuer files its first prospectus in: (i) an initial distribution; (ii) a secondary offering (eg a corporate spin-off); or (iii) a distribution where no escrow has been previously imposed in connection with its existing business.
    January 01 2002
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