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  • Germany
    Publication of a draft Third Financial Markets Promotion Act (Drittes Finanzmarktförderungsgesetz) aimed at further enhancing the economic and legal framework for the operation of the German capital markets is now imminent. A number of the key changes to be introduced by the proposed Act are:
    September 30 1996
  • Brazil
    Provisional Measure 1541 allowing the federal government to give financial support to state governments willing to privatize state banks or to liquidate or transform them into non-financing institutions was enacted on September 5 1996. The programme will be funded by a federal government bond issue, but the public debt is expected to fall after the privatization of state assets.
    September 30 1996
  • IRS issues Final Regulations on US debt modification
    The tax consequences of a modification to US debt instruments have now been clarified by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Richard Andersen of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, looks at the implications
    September 30 1996
  • Germany amends own funds requirements
    Dr Berthold Kusserow and Dr Eva Reudelhuber discuss how own funds requirements for banks and investment services firms in Germany will change when the draft sixth amendment to the German Banking Act comes into force in 1997
    September 30 1996
  • China eases Renminbi closer to convertibility
    The latest gradual steps to a free foreign exchange regime in China will be of significant benefit to foreign investment enterprises there. By Guanxi Zheng of Stikeman, Elliott, Hong Kong
    September 30 1996
  • SKW acquires Sandoz division for US$1.1 billion
    German bio-chemical company SKW Trostberg is to acquire Swiss company Master Builders Technology Division from Sandoz in a Sw fr1.3 billion (US$1.1 billion) deal. Subject to antitrust clearances the sale will close in November.
    September 30 1996
  • Goodman Phillips opens in Vancouver
    Canadian firm Goodman Phillips & Vineberg opened a Vancouver office on September 9. The firm poached the managing partner for the office, Paul Goldman, from Canadian rival Lang Michener.
    September 30 1996
  • Hollinger buys The Telegraph plc
    On August 8 1996 Hollinger International completed, following a Scheme of Arrangement under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985, its acquisition of all those shares of The Telegraph plc it did not already own.
    September 30 1996
  • UK's Imperial Tobacco demerges from Hanson
    UK group Imperial Tobacco is being demerged from UK conglomerate Hanson and will be floated on the London Stock Exchange. The company is expected to be accepted for the Official List from October 1 with a market capitalization of over £2 billion.
    September 30 1996
  • Spanish merger marks watershed
    In one of the most significant moves in the expansion of the legal networks of the big six, Ramon Lladó, managing partner with Madrid-based J&A Garrigues, has confirmed that the firm is in merger talks with Spanish legal firm Arthur Andersen ALT.
    September 30 1996
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