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Karan Talwar Noorul Hassan According to a recent Thomson Reuters M&A report, M&A deals in India were lowest in the last four years at $23.8 billion for January-September 2013. However, total cross-border M&A involving India grew 36.7% to $19.3 billion, driven by a 178% spike in outbound M&As, while inbound deals slipped 2.3% to $10.8 billion from the first nine months of 2012. The Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) has replaced the archaic 50 year old company law in India. The new Act promises to revamp the landscape of corporate restructuring and M&A in India, with fast track mergers between small companies and holding-subsidiary companies coupled with simplified procedures. More importantly, section 234 of the new Act now allows both inbound and outbound mergers and amalgamations with foreign companies as opposed to the earlier law, which specifically disallowed a foreign company from being a transferee company. The term foreign company has been defined as any company or 'body corporate' incorporated outside India, whether or not it has a place of business in India. However, only foreign companies established in jurisdictions yet to be notified by the government shall be allowed to merge with Indian companies.

The IMF’s Michaela Erbenova discusses the role of alternative credit, and the best approach to supervision

A fragmented regulatory framework, relationship-based lending and legal restrictions have hindered the development of China’s debt capital markets

The UK government’s questionable strategy to transform London into an offshore RMB hub

Still the poster child for equity market reform

Just another example of one size not fitting all The implementation of a single supervisory mechanism (SSM) in Europe could provoke an over-simplification of prudential regulation in the region, an Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) advisor and non-executive director has warned. The SSM mechanism transfers responsibility for approximately 130 of the biggest European-based banks from eurozone national authorities to the European Central Bank (ECB). The Bank will also be responsible for the overall oversight of prudential supervision in the eurozone.

The $24.9 billion leveraged buyout (LBO) of the US IT company Dell, by its founder Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake Management, completed in September following months of negotiations.

The ins and outs of Europe’s new money market fund proposal, and how it compares to the US

The US Fed's newly-announced bank liquidity plan has prompted concerns about short-falls in liquidity, as well as how medium-sized institutions will cope

Dodd Frank's proposed enhanced prudential standards risk causing a domino effect that would be especially damaging for emerging market banks