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Recently, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the new Rules on the demutualisation of the country's securities exchanges, effectively moving away from non-profit member-owned mutual exchanges to investor-owned limited companies

Rainbow Insurance (RIC) had been providing insurance services in Mauritius. In 2004, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) carried out an inspection of RIC and finalised a report where it expressed major concerns over RIC's solvency

The Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently required the mandatory use of electronic tax return forms by the non-electronic Filing and Payment System

In its recent press release of May 2 2015, the Central Bank of Republic of Turkey (CBRT) changed its policy of not paying any interest on foreign exchange denominated reserves, which was previously adopted with the Communiqué on the Amendment to the Communiqué on Reserve Requirements

A recently adopted amendment to the Commercial Code, effective from January 1 2016, will bring about some changes relating to corporate governance

Both foreign and domestic investors who wish to engage in highly-regulated business in Vietnam must satisfy certain statutory conditions in order to be licensed

Joel Moss, Shearman & Sterling Summer may be around the corner but lateral hires throughout the Americas have not slowed down. One of the most heralded developments came on the west coast as SIDLEY AUSTIN hired Dan Clivner, former head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's Los Angeles branch, as co-managing partner of the firm's LA office. Clivner specialises in telecom, media, and retail sector deals, often with a private equity component. On the east coast, GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER announced the hiring of partner Victoria Shusterman from Katten Muchin Rosenman. Shusterman has a commercial real-estate finance practice with a focus on banks, investors, Reits, and insurance companies. In another loss for Katten's New York office, GREENBERG TRAURIG brought aboard Anthony Perricone as a shareholder. Perricone specialises in fund formation for a broad client base encompassing investment managers, private fund sponsors and institutional investors.

With our economy finally showing clear and consistent signs of recovery, the Spanish legislator has responded to an old demand from entrepreneurs and representatives of some of the most relevant SMEs in the country

André Figueiredo, PLMJ Jesús Mardomingo, Dentons The clear trend in late April and early May among US firms in the UK and Brussels lateral hire markets was a desire to add competition capacity. MAYER BROWN was one of the first to move, hiring Berwin Leighton Paisner's EU competition head David Harrison to co-head its own team in the area. He had been with BLP for 10 years. Mayer Brown also suffered a loss as GREENBERG TRAURIG MAHER announced its hire of the firm's London head of antitrust and competition Gillian Sproul, who had been with the firm since moving from Dentons in 2005. JONES DAY looked to boost its Brussels team with the addition of Philipp Werner from US rival McDermott Will & Emery. A state aid specialist, Werner acts on EU and German competition law matters.

A scheme based on the mutual recognition of PRC and Hong Kong funds has recently been announced