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On March 15 2002, The Bahamas formally replied to the OECD Forum on harmful tax practices and issued a commitment to cooperate with the OECD in its harmful tax practices initiative. This initiative seeks transparency and exchange of information, on request, for tax purposes. The OECD proposes mechanisms and deadlines for achievement of these objectives, including a mechanism for the exchange of information relating to criminal tax offences by 2004, and civil tax defaults by 2006.

A draft government bill for a new act on real estate investment funds (Immobilien-Investmentfondsgesetz) aims to establish a new type of investment fund in Austria, namely, the real estate investment fund.

As Europe expands into the emerging markets of eastern Europe, Spanish lawyers are looking to Madrid's lawmakers for a more competitive environment. By Thomas Williams

Taiwan's lawmakers are looking at proposals to allow the securitization of property, helping to increase activity in the real estate market.

Recent developments in the supervision of collective investment institutions By Peter R Leenders and Maarten E J Verrest of Steins Bisschop Meijburg & Co, Amsterdam

Bart P M Joosen (partner) is admitted to the Amsterdam Bar and has previously worked with Tilburg University as assistant professor corporate law, Philips Electronics as in-house counsel corporate legal department and in the Banking & Securities Law Groups of Wouters Advocaten, an associated law firm of Arthur Andersen and of Coopers and Lybrand, Legal Services. Bart Joosen has specific experience and expertise in regulatory matters for participants in the financial industry, particularly banks and insurance companies with a focus on funding of financial industry institutions capital adequacy and solvency ratio and risk management issues from a legal perspective. Furthermore Bart Joosen has built up experience and expertise in structured finance, securitisation and securities law matters. Bart Joosen frequently publishes on matters of banking and securities law and on international insolvency law. He joined Steins Bisschop Meijburg Advocaten en Notarissen & Co in 1998.

by René Bösch and Mark-Oliver Baumgarten, Homburger, Zurich

Dr Andres Baumgartner of Dietrich, Baumgartner & Partners

Remarks by Jean-Pierre Roth, chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, at the Media News Conference in Zurich on December 7 2001

The changing legal landscape By Bas Vletter and Ewout Stumphius of Loyens & Loeff, London and Rotterdam