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Securities Regulation In Switzerland, Roger Dagon
Securities Regulation In Switzerland, Roger Dagon
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The Swiss system of securities regulation, to the extent that it exists at all, is primarily a system of self-regulation. The basic company law, the Code des obligations of 1911, as amended, which enumerates the minimum disclosure requirements for public offerings of foreign or domestic debt securities and for public offerings of new shares of domestic corporations, represents the only formal regulation of corporate issues. The Code exempts secondary offerings of outstanding shares as well as initial issues of foreign shares. Secondary offerings of outstanding shares and issues of new foreign shares, however, must comply with the prospectus requirements established …
Over-The-Counter Securities Markets, Guy L. Clinton
Over-The-Counter Securities Markets, Guy L. Clinton
Vanderbilt Law Review
Following the 1929 collapse, much attention has been centered on the role of the security exchanges in our economy. Whether or not improper operation of the securities markets had caused the instability of the national economy was not clearly apparent. However, as many persons believed that such was the case, or that such operation was at least a major factor in the economic ills of the country, the "crash" and the resulting investigations provided the impetus for a reform program in the investment banking segment of our economy, and one phase of this program dealt with securities.
Federal Regulation And State Gambling Laws, Walter H. Moses
Federal Regulation And State Gambling Laws, Walter H. Moses
Vanderbilt Law Review
The statement that the detailed regulation of security exchanges and transactions conducted thereon which is embodied in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933 and the regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder constitutes an encouragement to gambling in securities, no doubt quite properly places a heavy burden of proof on the person making it. This article has as its purpose a demonstration of the truth of such statement.