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On June 1 2023, the amended Payment Services Act (the "PSA" or "amended PSA") went into effect along with the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Electronic Payment Instruments...
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
On November 23, 2023, the Financial Services Agency announced that the ``Guidelines for Management Guarantees Study Group'' published the `` Basic Concept of the Guidelines...
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
As of November 27, 2023, the Financial Services Agency has released the ``Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Small and Medium-sized...
Nishimura & Asahi
On December 21, 2018, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the "FSA") released the final report of the "Study Group on the Virtual Currency Exchange Services," which proposed major reforms...
Nishimura & Asahi
On December 20, 2019, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the "FSA") released a report by the "Working Group on Regulations for Payment Services Providers and One-Stop Financial Services Brokers"...
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
One of the Japanese media has recently reported that the bill named as "CCS Business Act" is expected to be submitted to the regular Diet's session of Japan next year 2024.
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Until 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the significant concerns in the Japanese financial market. However, from 8 May 2023...
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948; the "FIEA") and the regulations promulgated thereunder primarily govern the marketing, investment management and disclosure...
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
In this article, Hiroyuki Kanae, and Hidetaka Miyake, Partners at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune discuss a recent significant fraud case in Japan. There were many noteworthy points in this case...
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
The leveraged buyout market in Japan has remained active throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent transactions include a number of divestitures or carve-outs by Japanese conglomerates of their assets...
Withers LLP
As we welcome the new year, we have prepared this article, which is an update to previous article from July 2019
Withers LLP
As of January 2021, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the "JFSA") established the "Financial Market Entry Office" (formerly known as the "Financial Market Entry Consultation...
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Tokyo-based Morrison & Foerster partner, Yuka Teraguchi, and Eriko Suzuki, Managing Director of MPower Partners, are featured in the latest edition of the HEDGE GUIDE discussing gender equality.
Withers LLP
At the time of its launch, Japan's first ESG-focused venture capital fund MPower Partners Fund, established by former Goldman Sachs vice-chair Kathy Matsui and sized at US$150 million, ...
Withers LLP
On December 23, 2020, as part of the International Financial Center Initiative – an initiative to further revitalizing the investment funds industry in Japan – the...
Withers LLP
A NEW US$150 million venture capital fund in Japan, launched by former Goldman Sachs vice-chair Kathy Matsui, made the headlines recently as one of Japan's first environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused venture capital funds.
Jones Day
The amendment to the Payment Services Act ("PSA") of Japan took effect in May 2021, removing the current numerical transfer cap placed on fund transfer services by nonbank institutions.
Jones Day
The Working Group Committee of Japan's Financial Services Agency has recommended a new exemption system for fund managers who manage overseas investors' funds, with fewer restrictions on eligible investors.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
On June 5, 2020, the Diet of Japan adopted several amendments to the Payment Services Act (Act No. 59 of June 24, 2009) (the "PSA"). The amendments include reforms of the licensing/registration system...
Withers LLP
Aasmah talks to Vincent Thebault, Managing General Partner at the Monex Climate Impact Fund, about the future of finance, in particular the benefits and
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