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Securities Market And Securities Regulations In China, Fengxia Dai Jan 1997

Securities Market And Securities Regulations In China, Fengxia Dai

LLM Theses and Essays

China is a large developing country with a socialist ideology that is currently undergoing a period of reform and transformation. In December 1990, China opened its first national securities market - the Shanghai Securities Exchange. This was soon followed in November 1991 by the first special shares denominated in foreign currencies and sold only to overseas investors. These important steps in the development of China’s securities industry indicate commitment by Chinese authorities to the two key components of the nation’s economic reform program - economic systemic reform, and opening to the outside world. China’s securities market and securities regulations contain …


The Value Of Public-Notice Filing Under Uniform Commercial Code Article 9: A Comparison With The German Legal System Of Securities In Personal Property, Jens Hausmann Jan 1995

The Value Of Public-Notice Filing Under Uniform Commercial Code Article 9: A Comparison With The German Legal System Of Securities In Personal Property, Jens Hausmann

LLM Theses and Essays

In contrast to the public-notice filing system under U.C.C. Article 9, the modern German law of securities in personal property lacks publicity of security interests. The German courts have developed a mesh of priority rules exhaustively described in this analysis. Despite the costs and risks arising under the formal filing system, the U.C.C. accomplishes a preferable balance of interests involved in secured transactions. It assures certainty to creditors about the priority of security interests in particular assets, whereas the German law comprehensively recognizes the debtor’s interest in the secrecy of the transaction and the need for external capital. Regarding the …


The French First Demand Guarantee And The Standby Credit: A Comparative Study, Muriel Charreton Jan 1994

The French First Demand Guarantee And The Standby Credit: A Comparative Study, Muriel Charreton

LLM Theses and Essays

Since World War II new security devices have evolved in both France and the United States. In France, the new device is known as the first demand guarantee. In the United States, it is called standby letter of credit. The underlying market forces which caused these devices to be developed are the same. But the label applied to the devices and the bodies of existing doctrine with respect to which they are formulated is different. In the French view, the difference between the two instruments is just a matter of different labels. But in the American view, the distinction between …


Protection Available To A U.S. Citizen Who Buys Securities From Foreigners: Relief In The U.S. For Sales At Home And Abroad; Protection Under U.K. And Thailand Laws, Narestr Kesaprakorn Jan 1985

Protection Available To A U.S. Citizen Who Buys Securities From Foreigners: Relief In The U.S. For Sales At Home And Abroad; Protection Under U.K. And Thailand Laws, Narestr Kesaprakorn

LLM Theses and Essays

This paper will examine regulations relating to transactions by foreigners in the United States securities markets and compare with investor protection in the U.K. and Thailand. It will also examine the manner in which the U.S. seeks to control extraterritorial securities transactions.


Regulating Foreign-Based Institutions For Collective Investment: The German Statute, The American Experience, And The Oecd Standard Rules, Charles Baskervill Robson Jr. Jun 1973

Regulating Foreign-Based Institutions For Collective Investment: The German Statute, The American Experience, And The Oecd Standard Rules, Charles Baskervill Robson Jr.

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The purpose of this article is to provide a framework for the comparative and critical examination of the West German Statute Concerning the Distribution of Foreign Investment Shares and the Taxation of their Proceeds of 28 July 1969 and the OECD Standard Rules. The reference point for this framework is the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 which is not only the most pervasive of the regulatory schemes affective collective investment institutions but also undoubtedly the scheme most familiar to most readers. This article will identify a number of the areas in which the American experience with the Investment …