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  • The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is proposing to amend the provisions in its listing rules related to foreign exempt companies. The advantage of foreign exempt status is that companies that satisfy the requirements are not subject to most of the ASX's listing rules. The proposed changes will dramatically raise the threshold for admission into the foreign exempt category. This will have serious consequences for a number of New Zealand companies that are already listed on the ASX as foreign exempt.
  • Since gaining independence, Ukraine’s court system has struggled to modernize against the obstacles of old Soviet procedures and structures. Vladimir Zakhvataev of Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn, Kiev, explains the radical reforms introduced this summer
  • Trust concepts in China took another step forward under the Administration of Trust and Investment Corporations (TICs) Procedures promulgated by People's Bank of China (PBOC) on January 10 2001.
  • On October 3 2001 Standard & Poor's raised the Republic of Ireland's long term sovereign credit rating from AA+ to AAA. Ireland is now one of only six EU countries to have a AAA rating, the others being Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. Although, in comparison with other EU countries, Ireland has a small economy, the diversity and stability of the economy is reflected in this new rating.
  • Last month commissioner Laura Unger announced plans to step down from the SEC. Her departure will leave a massive gap in an already under-staffed Commission, and not just in terms of numbers. Tom Nicholson meets the woman who led the SEC for most of a crucial year in its history, and discusses how she has fought Regulation FD, tried to narrow the digital divide and championed human rights through financial regulation
  • Czech Republic Baker & McKenzie vos Praha City Center
  • "The interests of the commercial community will be best served if banks are able to take and operate a fixed charge on the basis of Siebe Gorman"
  • Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) has wrapped up its takeover of Singaporean rival Overseas Union Bank (OUB) with a S$1.3 billion ($715 million) bond issue, the largest of its kind in Singapore. It also launched a US-dollar denominated $1.27 billion issue.
  • Thacher Proffitt expands finance team
  • Europe's three largest exchanges are locked in a battle for control of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe). Deutsche Börse, the London Stock Exchange and Euronext, which runs securities markets in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, have all expressed interest in buying Liffe, Europe's second largest derivatives exchange.