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  • Unilever spins off chemicals division to ICI
    Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever is selling its four chemicals businesses to ICI, the UK's largest chemicals company, for £4.9 billion (US$7.9 billion). The companies to be sold are National Starch, which makes industrial adhesives and starches, Quest, a manufacturer of food flavours and fragrances, Unichema, which turns natural fats into chemicals and Crosfield, which specializes in detergent ingredients.
    May 31 1997
  • French pension funds expected to boost investment
    Act No 95-277 of March 25 1997 gives French employees the statutory right to participate in private pension fund schemes. By Bernard Carrez of Siméon & Associés, Paris
    May 31 1997
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    European Union
    On April 2 1, the European Council of Industry Ministers reached agreement on important changes to the existing EU merger control regime under Council Regulation 4064/89 (the Merger Regulation). The principal amendments relate to:
    May 31 1997
  • Italy
    The Treasury Ministry has recently enacted, by Decree No. 87 of January 24 1997, published in the Official Gazette on April 2 1997, new provisions amending the terms, conditions and timing of state subsidies for export credits and credit in the execution of works abroad under Law No. 227 of May 24 1977.
    May 31 1997
  • Ashurst to open in Frankfurt?
    The new managing partner of UK firm Ashurst Morris Crisp has set an agenda for European expansion. London partner Ian Nisse, elected by secret ballot of the partnership to the new role, says the firm is set to open one or two new offices within the EU. "It is no secret that Frankfurt is very high on our agenda as Germany is a very big focus of ours," says Nisse. "We are also looking at Italy and Spain." Nisse adds the firm will at the same time seek to expand its existing Brussels and Paris offices.
    May 31 1997
  • How to issue subordinated debt under the new Tier 3 capital rules
    The Basle Committee’s Tier 3 capital rules enable banks to hold capital against market risks. Here is how US banks can take advantage. By Edward G Eisert, Isaac B Lustgarten and Lynn S Kaplan, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York
    April 30 1997
  • Vietnam
    Two recent changes to Vietnam's banking laws have been heavily criticized by foreign bankers. Circular No. 07/TT-NH1 dated December 27 1996 concerning bank cheques, which came into force on April 1 1997, imposes tight restrictions on the use of cheques within Vietnam.
    April 30 1997
  • Singapore
    Electronic Filing System
    April 30 1997
  • Spain
    Before they can be listed on a Spanish exchange, the shares of investment companies and holdings in investment funds must meet a minimum diffusion requirement which stipulates that they must have at least 100 shareholders or unitholders, whose participations must not exceed 25%.
    April 30 1997
  • Cedel wins SEC exemption to clear T-bills
    US government bonds are at last being integrated with other major government bonds and Eurobonds into the international clearing system. By Kathleen Tyson-Quah of KTQ Consulting, London, and Seth Weinberger of Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago
    April 30 1997
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