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In a vote of 3-2, the SEC adopted new rule 13f-2 and related Form SHO to provide greater transparency of short sale data from which is in response to Section 929X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires the Commission to prescribe rules to make certain short sale related data publicly available. Until now,...
17 October 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
On 22 June, the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) held a public meeting (13D/G ~3:09 mark) which included a discussion on the proposed amendments to the 13D/G filings. We’re all familiar with these regulations and the proposed amendments which were presented in 2022 so I will not bore you with those details. Having only one abstention vote (...
11 July 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
By all reports, investment money is flowing into Japan. With the Nikkei up over 30% this year, it appears that Japan is on the other side of its “lost decade”. The Nikkei has not been this high since the 1990’s. So, what’s driving this renewed interest in the 3rd largest economy (based on nominal GDP) in the world? For starters, Japan is showing s...
27 June 2023 /regulation /markets RegTech
Most regulatory activity for foreign direct investment in this first half of 2023 has been focused on issuing consultations for proposed changes to existing laws. Several countries issuing consultations in the first 6 months of the year include: Australia: issued a consultation in March as part of its foreign investment reforms which resulted in ...
06 June 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
There’s been a deluge of press about the collapse of Adani Group after a report from Hindenburg Research which accuses Adani Group of: stock manipulation, improper use of offshore tax havens to hide the amount of Adani’s family stock ownership in the group companies, and excessive valuations. Hindenburg releases this report and acknowledges that i...
15 February 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
It was a busy fourth quarter for regulations concerning foreign direct investment. It seems that not all were watching the World Cup. Several jurisdictions issued consultations concerning qualified holdings and investment screening: EU ECB – issued consultation (now closed) on a draft Guide which aims to increase transparency by clarifying the ECB...
09 January 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
Following up on my 2nd quarter foreign direct investment review, we’ll pick it up in Ireland which set out a new FDI screening rule similar to that of the UK. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 should be enacted before end of year and will require notification of transactions in issuers with activities affecting security or publ...
24 October 2022 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
Being that the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 tournament is underway and Wimbledon has come to a close, I’ll devote this foreign direct investment roundup to the region. Plus, there have been quite a few announcements during Q2 so let’s get started. In Belgium, the government there has drafted legislation to establish a framework to screen foreign direct ...
12 July 2022 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
We finally got the Australian Government’s response to its Treasury’s evaluation of the 2021 foreign investment reforms and on 1 April the first part of these reforms went into force. This first part focuses on clarification and streamlining the processes of less sensitive types of investments; most notably: tightening the definition of ‘Australia...
04 May 2022 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
It is widely known that Norway has one of the tightest substantial shareholding disclosure windows among countries. While many countries allow for reporting of substantial shareholding within days of a threshold breach, Norway’s requirement is immediately. What does immediately mean? According to Rulefinder, the online regulatory intelligence solut...
16 February 2022 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
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