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Isil Ökten Tolga Çabakli Debt assumption mechanisms constitute one of the major issues for lenders in public-private partnership (PPP) projects, and have been recently revisited by the Turkish Parliament to ensure certainty, clarity and sustainability in this respect. In March 2013, Act 4749 on Public Finance and Debt Management (the Public Finance Act) has been amended by Law 6428. The new article (8/A) of the Public Finance Act enables a treasury debt assumption mechanism for certain PPP projects on the following conditions:

What to expect from the Chinese government’s latest foreign investment and trade strategy

Bruno Marchese Peruvian regulations (Law 27287) allow for the issuance and acceptance of incomplete promissory notes as instruments representing payment obligations. The Law allows for such notes to be issued without having to set forth a specific payment date, or the actual amount payable under the note, and other stipulations that are typically included in notes and similar payment documents, but may be left blank in these incomplete promissory notes. The items left blank in the note will have to be completed by the creditor, upon the occurrence of certain events.

IFLR1000’s 2014 rankings identify the law firms shaping Asia and Africa’s most exciting project finance markets

Canada is the only country in the industrialised world without a national financial regulator. Will a cooperative approach address its fragmented securities regime?

Mutual recognition, stronger capital markets, and extraterritoriality are at the heart of the region’s growth prospects

Given it is the world's biggest economy, the US is in an unusual position. It is working to attract foreign investor interest. While states have long competed for foreign direct investment (FDI), the US government is becoming more involved after the October shutdown and its near-default shook investor confidence.

A comparison of the EU risk retention rules and the latest US proposals reveals two fundamentally different approaches to regulating securitisation

Qihoo 360's convertible bond was not only the first this year but also the largest ever such offering from a US-listed Chinaco.

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