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  • United Kingdom
    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.
    May 31 2000
  • Switzerland
    European Energy Exchange and the Swiss Stock Exchange Act With the deregulation of the European energy markets, prices for energy have become increasingly volatile. This has led power companies to use financial instruments to offset price risks (hedging). While energy exchanges in the Netherlands and Scandinavia have already emerged, the evolution of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) is a fairly recent development.
    May 31 2000
  • Portugal
    New Portuguese capital markets code introduced After many months of work and research by the regulatory authorities into the Portuguese capital markets, Decree Law 486/99 of November 13 was published, implementing the new Portuguese Capital Markets Code (Código de Valores Mobiliários or CVM).
    May 31 2000
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    Regulation FD: fair disclosure for a fairer market?
    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
    May 31 2000
  • Cutting Edge - In brief
    Linklaters completes series of central European bond issues
    May 31 2000
  • Advisers on Atlantic Telecom bid for First Telecom
    UK firm Ashurst Morris Crisp is acting as lead counsel to Atlantic Telecom on its proposed acquisition of First Telecom Group. The deal values the target company at £520 million ($775 million) and will be paid in new Atlantic ordinary shares.
    May 31 2000
  • Norton Rose, Eversheds land BMW’s Rover sale
    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.
    May 31 2000
  • NTT pays cash for virtual business
    It is highly unusual for internet companies to turn a profit, a fact which is only now beginning to drive down the prices of listed web businesses. It is for this reason that most mergers involving web companies are usually funded with virtual money - stock swaps.
    May 31 2000
  • Howard Davies welcomes FSA’s new role as UK listing authority
    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).
    May 31 2000
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    Overworked and under-staffed: lawyers battle to overcome the numbers game
    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
    May 31 2000
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