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Enter the Dragon IV: China's Proliferating Investment Treaty Program

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

China implicitly acknowledges that a price of negotiating treaties to promote both inbound and outbound investment is the prospect that foreign investor claims will inevitably be lodged against it.

New Financial Requirements for Issuers of Over-the-Counter Derivatives

ASIC today released new financial requirements for Australian financial services licensees who issue over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to retail clients, including contracts for difference and margin foreign exchange.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Enter the Dragon III: The Role of Legal Culture in China’s Relationship with the International Economic Order

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The relationship between China and the international economic legal order should be considered from all angles and perspectives, including through legal culture.

Action and Consequence: The Key to Effective Governance, Risk and Compliance

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Monday, July 30, 2012

The LIBOR-rigging and HSBC money laundering and terrorism financing scandals have called into question the functionality of governance, risk and compliance frameworks.

Enter the Dragon II: Who Is Using Who? China and the International Economic Legal Order

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Has international economic law been used to get China to do what the rich nations have wanted all along or has China used the international economic order for its own ends?

The Timing of the ASIC's Chairman's Call for Takeover Law Reform is Interesting

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Clayton Utz's THE REAL DEAL 2012 Half Year Update reveals that M&A activity is down 30% from 2011 levels yet ASIC's takeovers experts are looking at ways the law can be improved.

Financial Services Authority Publishes New Rules on Packaged Accounts

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published new rules requiring banks and building societies to check whether customers are eligible to claim on insurance cover before selling them a packaged bank account.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

China's Bellicosity Opens Doors for US

For 20 years China's foreign policies were a model of the subtle but effective pursuit of self-interest, but in the past two years, the middle kingdom has seemingly lost the plot.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Financial Services Authority Consults on New Funding Model Review for the FSCS

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed changes to the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) which will continue to provide important reassurance to consumers but could reduce the likelihood of interim levies and offer firms more certainty in the level of fees they

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

LIBOR Scandal Spreading

The London Inter Bank Offered Rate is a central benchmark for global financial markets. Known as Libor, the rate is an average of the interests banks charge to loan amongst themselves. It is a key to a wide range of contracts worth over 350 trillion US dollars.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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