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Susanne Schreiber Cyrill Diefenbacher On February 12 2017, the corporate tax reform III draft (CTR III draft) was rejected in a national referendum. As a result of that rejection, a new bill will have to be elaborated and agreed on within a short time frame by the Federal Council and Parliament. It is still expected that a new bill will introduce certain accompanying fiscal measures aimed at maintaining the international competitiveness of Switzerland, but the bill also needs to be in a form that attracts majority support and counters reservations of expected losses in tax revenues.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) last week called for all hedging arrangements at share class level – with the exception of currency risk hedging – to be set up as separate funds or sub-funds.

Tech firm Snap's decision to go public with only no-vote shares on offer is a bold move that's unlikely to become a trend, despite the fears of some investors. The decision taken by the parent company of instant messaging app Snapchat has incensed investors, so much so that a number of US pension funds are in the process of writing Snap's executives a strongly-worded letter.

China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) shocked Hong Kong and mainland Chinese investors by recently allowing onshore PRC investors to participate in Hong Kong IPOs raised by Chinese companies as cornerstones – provided that they agree to a number of conditions.

EU investors won a lengthy and hard-fought right in December when officials gave shareholders a greater say on director pay. This comes amid a rising tide of shareholders campaigning for more power over the workings of the companies they invest in, and it seems nowhere in the world is safe. Authorities also want to discourage short-term investments, a goal that's seen the introduction of additional voting rights for long-term shareholders in certain countries including France. They now want shareholders to take the reins on challenging companies from the regulators.

The French government has provided the green bond market with some much-needed liquidity with its inaugural record-breaking €7 billion ($7.5 billion) deal.

The rules will drastically change the landscape. Fund managers must consider how research is priced and exactly where it should come from

Foreign investors under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) programme are believed to be deserting their hard-earned quotas for China's second Stock Connect with Hong Kong. But a combination of stricter forex controls, currency risks and quota allocation standards have pushed foreign investors to tap the two Stock Connects in the former British colony.

Here the Clifford Chance lawyers that advised the Commission explain why the US-inspired draft directive must not be underestimated