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USA - January 23 2013
The Dodd-FrankWall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) to…
Germany - January 26 2012
On 20 January 2007, the Transparenzrichtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz (Transparency Directive Implementation Act) came into effect in Germany implementing the European Transparency Directive 2004/109/EC.
Germany - May 20 2011
On 23 February 2011, the Federal Government (Bundeskabinett) adopted the government draft (Regierungsentwurf) of an act (Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur weiteren Erleichterung der Sanierung von Unternehmen) that proposes material changes to the German Insolvency Act (Insolvenzordnung).
European Union, Israel - March 31 2011
On 23 March 2011, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") announced that it has reached an agreement with the Israeli Securities Authority ("ISA") allowing Israeli companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, subject to certain provisos, to use their Israeli prospectuses to (i) list their shares on any regulated stock exchange within the European Union ("EU") and/or (ii) make an offer to the public of their shares within the EU.
European Union - October 22 2010
On 30 April 2009 the European Commission released a draft of a Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM Directive) to the European Parliament (Parliament) and the Council (Council) to regulate managers of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFM) as part of a legislative package to fight the global financial crisis.
