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On June 12 2017, a new regime for the exchange of information with foreign entities on tax matters was published in the Macau Official Gazette – Law 5/2017. Subsequently, on June 28 2017, the Executive Order 211-2017 was gazetted, approving the Common Reporting Standard and Due Diligence Procedures. These rules will now govern the exchange of information by Macau SAR in the carrying out of international agreements and conventions to which it is a party on double taxation and/or on prevention of tax evasion.

It has been more than three decades since the enactment of the law that regulates the Fideicomiso. The Fideicomiso, in general terms, is the legal act whereby a settlor transfers assets to a fiduciary (trustee). The trustee in turn agrees to manage those assets according to the provisions established in the Fideicomiso instrument (trust), for the benefit of a beneficiary, which could be the settlor itself.

President Trump will renegotiate the agreement with Canada and Mexico rather than withdraw from it. But will all parties agree on the best way forward?

There's a new kid on the block in the Brexit relocation game: Amsterdam. Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is rumoured to have chosen the Dutch capital as the new base for some of its EU investment business, as have RBS and a number of electronic trading operators.

On June 8 2017, the Brazilian Federal Government issued Provisional Measure 784/2017 (PM 784), which establishes new rules applicable to punitive administrative proceedings taking place at Bacen (the Brazilian Central Bank) and the CVM (the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission).

The Cyprus Companies Law Cap 113 has been amended to transpose the EU Accounting Directive (2013/34/EU) into domestic law with effect from September 23 2016.

Authorities are intent on changing the corporate law framework in line with modern practices

A pressing issue in Japan is the ageing population combined with the diminishing birth rate. The Japanese government has been in the dark on how to handle these two elements. At first glance, these two concerns appear to present conflicting demands, namely (i) expanding health and medical services for the elderly, while at the same time; and (ii) minimising the use of public funds for those health and medical services, as a means of tackling the issue. Therefore, in order to deal with this problem, the Japanese government has drawn attention to the use of private resources, such as private funds, including Japanese real estate investment trusts (J-Reits), to provide sufficient monetary resources to the health and medical care industries through the acquisition of their assets.

On July 5 2017, the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat) amended the Swiss Federal Banking Ordinance to ease the Swiss regulatory framework for providers of innovative financial technologies (fintech).

EU derivatives legislation may fall short of delivering a cohesive regime