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  • Financial Promotion - FSA's latest stance

    United Kingdom 01.05.2002
    FSA’s Approach to Financial Promotions (April 2002) and CP132: Presentation of past performance and bond yields in Financial Promotions (April 2002) FSA has examined its approach to financial promotions...

  • Practitioner Panel Annual Report 2001

    United Kingdom 01.05.2002
    The Practitioner Panel reports that its principal functions are: To monitor FSA’s efficacy as seen by industry; Communicating issues of general concern to FSA; Responding to FSA when requested...

  • MAC conditions in public takeovers - the death knell?

    United Kingdom 29.04.2002
    It is common practice that a UK regulated takeover offer will be made subject to various conditions of a commercial nature, including there being no material adverse change in the business, financial position,...

  • Taper Relief: the issue of loan notes by a purchaser on the acquisition of a company

    United Kingdom 12.04.2002
    In the context of a private company acquisition, it is common practice for the purchasing company to issue debentures (loan notes) in itself to shareholders in the company acquired ("the Target") in satisfaction...

  • Exemption for disposals by companies of substantial shareholdings: an update

    United Kingdom 28.03.2002
    The Government has issued revised draft legislation on the exemption for disposals by companies of “substantial shareholdings”. This update highlights some of the more important changes. In...

  • Report of the High Level Group of Company Law Experts on issues related to takeover bids

    United Kingdom 28.03.2002
    After the European Parliament rejected the draft for a Directive on Takeover Bids in July 2001, the European Commission set up a group of company law experts (the "Group") to provide independent advice...

  • Litigation Annual Review 1

    Czech RepublicRomaniaUnited Kingdom 28.03.2002
    The first year of the new millennium has seen the number of legal disputes started in the High Court continuing to decline, following the sweeping reforms of Lord Woolf and the increase in confidence in...

  • Guide to the Financial Services and Markets Act - Updated

    United Kingdom 28.03.2002
    CMS Cameron McKenna's Guide to the FSMAct has been updated to February 2002. The guide includes: A full and detailed analysis of the legislation. Full coverage of the transitional provisions. These govern...

  • Important news for AIM companies

    United Kingdom 21.03.2002
    It is important that the management of AIM companies and their advisers are aware of two issues concerning AIM rule book changes and the proposed Prospectus Directive. AIM rule book changes The London...

  • What limitation period applies to undervalue and preference claims brought by liquidators?

    United Kingdom 25.02.2002
    This issue was considered in a case decided in May 2000 (Priory Garage (Walthamstow) Limited which has not been widely reported). Somewhat surprisingly, there do not appear to have been any other reported...

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