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  • A general exemption under Section 66 of the Banking Act 1959 of Australia announced on September 23 1996 by the then Assistant Treasurer of Australia, senator Jim Short, has opened up the door for the first time for foreign banks wanting to issue securities on Australia's wholesale capital markets in their own time.
  • Proposed legislative changes in Finland will further facilitate the use of mezzanine finance instruments, whose relatively high yields make for an attractive investment option. By Kari Lautjärvi and Jukka Muhonen of Heikki Haapaniemi, Attorneys-at-Law, Helsinki
  • IFLRev identifies and discusses the most interesting deals of 1996. By Paul Lee, Richard Forster, Alexandra Lennane and Samantha Wigham
  • Geoffrey Yeowart of Lovell White Durrant, London, answers some of the most frequently asked legal questions relating to the forthcoming introduction of the euro
  • Two recent decisions by US federal courts appear to have nullified an important legal weapon in the fight against insider trading. By Jonathan Blackman of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York
  • The US$150 million financing has been agreed for Termovalle I, a 200Mw gas-fired power project located near Cali, Colombia. The project was developed by a consortium consisting of KMR Power Corporation of the US and Marubeni Corporation of Japan.
  • British Telecom has launched a US$21 billion bid for the 80% of US telecommunications company MCI Communications which it does not already own. This is the largest ever foreign takeover of a US company. The combined company will be called Concert.
  • The UK's Britannia Building Society has bought a £1.1 billion (US$1.8 billion) mortgage book from Citibank International. The book consists of about 30,000 residential mortgages in the UK. On the same day, Britannia issued £100 million step-up subordinated notes under its MTN programme.
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  • Belgian firm Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck & Kirkpatrick, France's Siméon & Associés and Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmerman Lange of Germany have entered into a cooperation agreement. The firms will establish a European Economic Interest Grouping, called the Conference of European Lawyers. This will form the basis of future cooperation in all fields of law.