Financial Regulation International

On 20 April 2007, the Government of Vietnam passed Decree 69/2007/ND-CP on Purchase by Foreign Investors of Shareholding in Vietnamese Commercial Banks (Decree 69). Partner Bill Magennis and lawyer Julia Howes look at some of the key changes.

The Federal Government has recently issued three discussion papers on corporate law reform. Partners John Warde and Richard Spurio, and senior associate Matthew McLennan highlight the main issues in each paper.

Geneva, 23 March - As the global introduction of Basel 2 gets under way the process is being complicated by the multiplicity of approaches available to regulators in the new accord on minimum required capital.

Amit Mittal, senior consultant, Infosy Technologies

Joanna Gray, University of Newcastle

The FSA issued its BIPRU Rulebook to implement Basel II in the UK at the end of October 2006. In this series of briefings we consider some of the practical issues which UK-regulated banks may have to examine in moving across to the Basel II framework. This briefing looks at netting and financial collateral.