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  • The creation of iX The London Stock Exchange and the Deutsche Börse announced on May 3 2000 that they would be merging through the creation of a new company – International Exchanges (iX). The merger aims to offer a unified trading platform using a common market model and regulatory approach – enabling easier trading in European equities.
  • New Commercial Companies Code to be enacted Effective January 2001, enactment of Poland's new Commercial Companies Code is expected. The bill introduces new regulations pertaining to, among other things, limited liability companies and joint stock companies — the two vehicles for foreign investments.
  • The SEC’s proposals on fair disclosure have fuelled discussions over the future relations between companies and the market. This month IFLR brings together leading voices in the debate to ask if Regulation FD really is fair
  • Linklaters completes series of central European bond issues
  • It may not have the highest headline value for a deal this year, but the sale of Rover car group to the UK's Phoenix consortium for a symbolic £10 by BMW has certainly generated a great deal of publicity. The transaction was notable both for the enormous public and political pressure on participants to close a deal that would save thousands of jobs in the UK and the complexity of putting together a package that could work.
  • Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, explained the rationale behind the changes to the UK listing authority during a speech at this month's annual IOSCO conference in Sydney (for a more detailed conference commentary see page 6).
  • Japan’s lawyers have never had it so good. The market for their services is booming as overseas investors pump money into the country and Japanese companies look to the international markets for funds. But there aren’t enough lawyers to do the job. And foreign practitioners say they can’t offer the service their clients want. Things need to change. Ralph Cunningham reports from Tokyo
  • Internet IPOs, privatizations, and the delights of the hostile takeover made 1999 a year to remember for Italian law firms. But managing partners are facing some difficult decisions, and a wrong move could lead to their firms being shut out of booming markets. Rufus Jones reports from Rome and Milan
  • Philip McBride Johnson of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom looks at themove of the US futures markets towards electronic trading and argues that the implications for self-regulation are wider than have been recognized so far
  • Japan’s lawyers have never had it so good. The market for their services is booming as overseas investors pump money into the country and Japanese companies look to the international markets for funds. But there aren’t enough lawyers to do the job. And foreign practitioners say they can’t offer the service their clients want. Things need to change. Ralph Cunningham reports from Tokyo