Search results

FSA Update is a weekly alerter providing views on the publications issued by the FSA during the last week. It provides a quick way to keep up to speed with what is going on at the FSA and is particularly aimed at lawyers who do not deal with FSA rules every day...

Direct expropriation or nationalisation is on the rise again. In mid-April, Argentina dramatically announced the nationalisation of most of Repsol's 57.4% stake in Argentina's biggest oil group, YPF. YPF's interests include rights to the valuable...

When a dispute arises, you need someone who can help achieve a satisfactory, speedy and cost-effective outcome.

Die Europäischen Kommission veröffentlichte Leitlinien, die es der Versicherungsindustrie erleichtern sollen, auf nationaler Ebene die Vorgaben des Test-Achats-Urteils einzuhalten. Versicherungsunternehmen können nun ihre Vertrags- und Preisgestaltung...

On 26 June 2012 the Law Commission released a consultation paper setting out its proposals for the reform of business insurance law, including major changes to the law relating to the disclosure of risks during the insurance placement process, and the remedies...

Resource nationalism represents a major challenge to investors in resource-rich economies and one that appears to be growing. With some commodity prices at or near record levels, the stakes are higher than ever for both investors and host Governments. With particular...

This article discusses the expropriation and nationalization by States of foreign-owned natural resource assets for strategic or nationalistic reasons (also known as resource nationalism), including the different methods they use to obtain control of, or derive...

Earlier this year the German Federal Court found that recognition of the Scheme of Arrangement related to insurance matters would be contrary to European legislation on the recognition and enforcement of judgments. As this judgment is limited to insurance matters,...

Seit dem Jahr 2007 beschäftigt die EU-Kommission sich auf Aufforderung des Rates mit Anlageprodukten für Kleinanleger (Packaged Retail Investment Pro-ducts, "PRIPs"). Dazu zählen außer Investmentfonds und strukturierten Wertpapieren...

Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) hat am 3. Dezember 2012 eine neue Fassung des Merkblatts zur Kontrolle von Mitgliedern von Verwaltungs- und Aufsichtsorganen gemäß KWG und VAG veröffentlicht. In dieser Fassung hat...