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  • Yuri Suzuki and Eiichiro Hata of Atsumi & Katai explore how the city is ramping up legal and commercial initiatives to drive international business
  • Homburger partner Daniel Haeberli analyses how Switzerland’s proposed prospectus regime could impact issuances of structured products
  • Asset-backed securities fell out of favour after the financial crisis but they are gradually returning - and evolving
  • Silvia Canales The regulatory dynamics affecting companies that run their businesses in sectors under the inspection and surveillance of a regulatory and supervisory authority, require an understanding of a multiplicity of rules of different levels and sources. Those rules, promoted by the different regulators, are aimed at ensuring that the businesses are developed with a high level of public interest in mind.
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    Sapin II aims to bring French transparency in line with international standards. But it is yet to be tested in practice
  • Will there be any piece of Obama administration legislation left when Donald Trump decides to end his regulatory rollback? Healthcare, environmental and trade rules have so far been given a significant haircut, but financial regulation is undergoing one of the most significant and high-profile dissolutions.
  • EU investors won a lengthy and hard-fought right in December when officials gave shareholders a greater say on director pay. This comes amid a rising tide of shareholders campaigning for more power over the workings of the companies they invest in, and it seems nowhere in the world is safe. Authorities also want to discourage short-term investments, a goal that's seen the introduction of additional voting rights for long-term shareholders in certain countries including France. They now want shareholders to take the reins on challenging companies from the regulators.
  • China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) shocked Hong Kong and mainland Chinese investors by recently allowing onshore PRC investors to participate in Hong Kong IPOs raised by Chinese companies as cornerstones – provided that they agree to a number of conditions.
  • In Australia, ASHURST in Melbourne recruited M&A partners John Brewster and Shane Kyriakou from Clayton Utz and Herbert Smith Freehills respectively. K&L GATES strengthened its corporate and transactional team with the hire of Matthew Cridland from DLA Piper as a partner in its Sydney office. JONES DAY hired Andrew Smith in Brisbane – he joined as a partner in the firm's energy practice from Clayton Utz.
  • Foreign investors under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) programme are believed to be deserting their hard-earned quotas for China's second Stock Connect with Hong Kong. But a combination of stricter forex controls, currency risks and quota allocation standards have pushed foreign investors to tap the two Stock Connects in the former British colony.