Since July 21, 2010, when President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), U.S. regulatory agencies have been engaged in an i...
As a result of the various capital reforms arising out of the recent financial crisis, there has been increasing interest by non-US banks to issue contingent convertible instruments (“C...
The U.S. SEC has issued a no-action letter confirming that non-U.S. issuers that file financial statements in IFRS as issued by the IASB will not be required to provide financial statemen...
Although there are no changes to Form 20-F itself this year, the economic and financial crisis has resulted in significant U.S. regulatory actions, which will affect all companies prepari...
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). While the crux of the Act regulates financial institutions...