SEC rules not OK

The globalization of the securities markets can put issuers and underwriters in breach of us law without their realizing it. And journalists can be the unwitting bearers of illicit news. Peter Lee asks if the SEC is about to make some long overdue changes.

In mid-May, Salomon Brothers invited journalists to a briefing by Impress Metal, a newly-formed European canning business created through a management buyout led by equity investor, Doughty Hanson.

The briefing was scheduled for the River Room of the Savoy Hotel at 12.30pm on May 16. There was considerable interest. The single B-rated company was due to sell a Dm200 million Eurobond the following week, the third in a recent series of high-yield European corporate bond issues.

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