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Legal update - Securities Commission class exemption review

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • December 16 2010

The Securities Commission has announced that it is reviewing class exemption notices under the Securities Act 1978 in light of the transition from the 1983 to 2009 Securities Regulations

Market practice can be relevant to contractual interpretation

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 10 2011

A recent decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Crema v Cenkos Securities Plc 2010 EWCA Civ 1444 (16 December 2010) confirms that market practice can be relevant to contract interpretation

Sophisticated investors must look after their own interests

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 10 2011

A recent United Kingdom Court of Appeal case (Springwell Navigation Corporation v JP Morgan Chase Bank and Ors 2010 EWCA Civ 1221) has confirmed that sophisticated commercial parties must look after their own interests and not expect brokers who sell them investments to be liable if their investments fail

FMA Bill released

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • March 10 2011

Although potentially overshadowed by the decision of its chief architect, Commerce Minister Simon Power, to retire from politics at the next election, the Financial Markets (Regulators and KiwiSaver) Bill (FMA Bill) has been reported back from the Commerce Select Committee

A guide to New Zealand's financial services regulation - Financial Advisers Act

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 30 2010

The Financial Advisors Act 2008 (FAA) and Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (FSPA) were enacted in 2008

Financial Advisers Code of Professional Conduct comes into force from 1 December

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 30 2010

The Commissioner for Financial Advisers has recently announced that the Financial Advisers Code of Professional Conduct (the Code) will come into effect on 1 December 2010

A guide to New Zealand's financial services regulation - Financial Service Providers Act

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • November 30 2010

The Financial Advisers Act 2008 (FAA) and Financial Service Providers (Regulation and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (FSPA) were enacted in 2008

FMA publishes its enforcement policy

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand, USA
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  • October 18 2011

The Financial Markets Authority published its Enforcement Policy on 12 September 2011, in an effort to "assist financial markets participants to have a clearer understanding of the FMA's role, functions and priorities"

Financial markets conduct bill introduced to parliament

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 17 2011

On 12 October 2011, the Rt Hon Simon Power - Minister of Commerce introduced the Financial Markets Conduct Bill to Parliament

ICMA Global Master Repurchase Agreement 2011

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • August 30 2011

As a result of the global financial crisis, the International Capital Markets Association has reviewed and updated its Global Master Repurchase Agreement, the most widely used standard contract for cross-border repo transactions (where owners of securities sell those securities to a finance provider, such as a bank, and agree to buy back those securities at a specified future date for the re-purchase price