Mark Plenderleith from Freshfields gave a presentation to IBA Japan members on how the policies of Japanese government financial institutions (e.g. JBIC) are shaping outbound transactions in developed and developing markets.
Two experts from PwC provided an overview of the FY2014 tax reform, the details of which were publicized by the government at the end of December. The presentation focused on the introduction of new rules for branch profit attribution, as well as other aspects of the FY14 reform which may be relevant to the banking sector.