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GIVEN what President-elect Donald J. Trump has said about his energy strategy -- he favors coal and wants to end federal subsidies to the clean energy industry -- does it [...]

Byline: STEVE DANIELS Allstate will soon start insuring your smartphone. And maybe later your vacation, and after that perhaps your identity. The Northbrook-based auto and home insurance giant's surprise deal, [...]

Byline: Kathy Orton Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Treasury Department, said Wednesday that privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is 'right up there on the top-10 [...]

Byline: Jonnelle Marte It has been more than two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, and Wall Street is still celebrating. U.S. stock markets locked in their third [...]

A couple of years ago, Ken Griffin and Steve Cohen had a bit of a disagreement over the relative prevalence and availability of talented traders with which one could stock [...]

Volatility reigns supreme on Wall Street, as investors weigh the competing forces of strong corporate earnings and indicators of impending inflation, like data issued Tuesday from the National Federation showing [...]

Getty Images Italy is having an election next month. This is not a prospect that brings joy to Ray Dalio's heart. You see, elections in Europe--including Italy--have had a way [...]

What is a spin-out? A spin-out is where a team of individuals leaves its current employer (whether a management group or a larger institution, such as a bank) to establish [...]

For further information or analysis in relation to any of the issues raised below, please contact us directly. In this section: Senior managers regime, certification regime and conduct rules (SMCR) [...]

I Can See Clearly Now Typically, an investor in a blind pool private equity fund has little oversight on the deals being done by the GP. However, with co-investments, investors [...]

Co-investments are a good way for investors to get additional, selective exposure to private equity assets on a lower-cost basis. But, economics aside, here are eight more things prospective co-investors [...]

A co-investment is where an LP makes an additional, separate investment in a target company in parallel with the main investment made by a fund (the Sponsor Fund) in which, [...]

The SEC released a list of its 10 most popular Investor Bulletins of 2017: 'Initial Coin Offerings ('ICOs')' highlighting the risks associated with investing in virtual coins or tokens through [...]

Prakash Pillai conducted an exclusive interview with Toby Landau QC, a renowned British lawyer and arbitration expert who is the first Queen's Counsel (QC) to be called to the Singapore [...]

On 19 September 2017, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ('CIETAC') published the Arbitration Rules of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for International Investment Disputes [...]

The days of thinking about single jurisdictions are long gone. When structuring a large private equity fund, for example, it is likely going to contain international investors (the US, Europe, [...]

It has been great to attend the SFHA Finance Conference this week. A constant theme was market appetite to match short ended RCF type facilities from clearing banks for the [...]

Nine years after Satoshi Nakamoto circulated his whitepaper and introduced the world to bitcoin, regulated bitcoin derivatives are about to be introduced in the United States. CME Group recently announced [...]

Nova Scotia introduces new Cyber-bullying Legislation By Eriq Yu and Keith Rose on October 17th, 2017 On October 5, 2017, the Nova Scotia Legislature introduced Bill No. 27, the Intimate [...]

The Reserved Alternative Investment Fund ('RAIF'), was introduced by Luxembourg law on 23 July 2016 (the 'RAIF Law'). The RAIF combines the characteristics and structuring flexibilities of Luxembourg regulated Specialised [...]

Germany this summer introduced a new transaction value-based set of reporting thresholds. Austria introduced a similar provision which will enter into force on November 1. On the European level, the [...]

Introduction Despite an anticipated de-regulatory push, there are significant new regulatory concerns for investment advisers to address in connection with their annual review of their compliance manuals. Developments Changes to [...]

Insurance and asset management company Aviva has made a strategic investment to acquire a majority shareholding in Guernsey-connected fintech business Wealthify. Wealthify is an online investment platform that enables anyone [...]

In the wake of economic globalization, we continue to witness a flow of foreign investors into the United Republic of Tanzania. In Tanzania like in any other jurisdiction, land remains [...]

Georgeson's annual review of the FTSE companies' meetings. It has been an intense annual general meeting (AGM) season, with an increased focus on diversity and new regulations on the horizon. [...]

Taking names pre-kicking ass. (Getty Images) John Paulson has lost a lot of money on a lot of things in his day. Pharmaceuticals. Fake trees. Pharmaceuticals again. Printers. Pharmaceuticals once [...]

Cyprus Companies, Cyprus financing companies, Cyprus Notional Interest Deduction (NID) on new equity, new Cyprus taxation advantages and illustrative examples The introduction of notional interest deduction will further strengthen the [...]

The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its 2014 Consultation Paper on Crowdfunding has defined crowdfunding as means of raising money for a creative project (for instance, music film [...]

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission ('CySEC') has issued a summary of the changes to passporting arrangements and conditions governing the provision of investment services and activities by third country [...]

It seems that the goal of owning a piece of property in British Columbia is becoming more and more unattainable each time we read a news story. The headlines emphasize [...]

The security package for a subscription facility will typically include security over the uncalled capital commitments of the fund's investors, including: (i) the right to make capital calls on investors [...]

EB-5 financing has gone mainstream for hotel development The use of EB-5 financing has exploded over the past 8 years as an important funding source for new development - particularly [...]

Background This report analyzes the valuations and terms of venture financings for 208 companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley that raised capital in the second quarter of 2017. Overview of [...]

Forex investment When you invest in Forex, you can never take too many precautions. We invite you to read our advice, coming out of direct experience and verification/proof/knowledge of how [...]

On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Release No. 34-80130 (the Release) proposing several amendments to its Rule 15c2-12 (the Rule) that would add two new [...]

> What you need to know Early stage companies spend a lot of time looking for investment, and investors and commercialisation partners are increasingly looking for targets with a competitive [...]

> What you need to know When a company in search of new funding is preparing to undertake an investor roadshow, disclaimers are routinely included in the presentation as a [...]

The white paper below was updated on July 24, 2017. It first appeared in the Investment Law Blog on February 21, 2017. Now that the USCIS has released amendments to [...]