Legal & Regulatory

Putin's Russia Reeling from Equity Flight

Due to the lack of promised reforms, many investors are moving their investments from Russia to other countries.


CalPERS Increase Good According to Moody's Service

The increase in the required pension fees for CalPERS is a good move according to Moody's Investor Services.

Deutsche Bank Faces Suit by Sebastian Holdings

Deutsche Bank faces one of the many trading day cases in court. Back in October 2008, Alexander Vik went to the London office of Deutsche Bank AG to meet with account managers regarding his Sebastian Holdings Inc investment fund.

Nigerian Regulators Issue New Rules

NCC issues new rules for mobile phone users in Nigeria. Under new regulations for mobile phone users in Nigeria, indivdual customers can change their service providers and retain their numbers.


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Mongolia's Strategic Entities Foreign Investment Law has been amended to relax requirements for foreign investments.
Dish plays national security issue in its bid to stop the Softbank bid from pushing through. Dish Network has formally sought regulator intervention, specifically suspension of the review of the bid provided by Softbank Corp of Japan for the acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp.
Because of a claim from a Singaporean creditor, share trading of Surabaya Agung was suspended in the Indonesian bourse.
The approval by the mayor's executive committee pushes the casino plan forward for Cadillac Fairview and MGM.
China conditionally approves Glencore-Xstrata merger. The merger plan of Glencore and Xstrata cleared its final hurdle when the Ministry of Commerce of China backed the deal's completion.
Dai Xianglong of the National Social Security Fund recommends state controlled enterprises In a quote of the National Social Security Fund council's party secretary, he is proposing that Chinese state-owned enterprises transfer 30% of their capital gains and ownership shares exceeding 51% to the fund.
AMR Corp, the parent of American Airlines, is nearing bankruptcy exit and with that, merger of the two air carriers is near.
The Mexican Federal Competition Commission has disallowed Pfizer from using Pfizer baby food brands for twenty years.
Liberty Global's acquisition of Virgin Media granted unconditional EU approval. Last Monday, John Malone's US cable giant Liberty Global has received unconditional European Union regulatory apprival for the takeover of Virgin Media.
Clariant, in compliance with US regulators requirements, would be purchasing deep sea assets of the Gulf of Mexico owned by Ecolab.