We live in constant exposure to natural catastrophes. Its occurrences have taught us it is necessary to work on prevention of damages and mitigation of potential losses. Although risk management in Peru is still deficient, it is necessary to recognize there are tools that can help us protect our interests.In this article, the author seeks to explain how catastrophic bonds or CAT Bonds work, presenting them as a hedge or financial alternative to face potential losses from next occurrences of El Niño.

Chinese Stock Exchanges are on the rise. Companies are lucrative and trading is getting sophisticated on a day-to-day basis. Upon this scenario, the following paper takes a closer look on the framework upon which takeovers may happen, the takeovers strategies available in Chinese jurisdiction and the applicable defenses that target companies may use against such attempts.Finally, this paper compares the regulation of Takeovers in China with that of highly developed markets, such as the United Kingdom and the United States. The opinion of this paper is that though unsophisticated Chinese stock exchanges have undertaken proper measures in adapting foreign regulations into its own business idiosyncrasy to regulate the takeover phenomenon.

Chinese Stock Exchanges are on the rise. Companies are lucrative and trading is getting sophisticated on a day-to-day basis. Upon this scenario, the following paper takes a closer look on the framework upon which takeovers may happen, the takeovers strategies available in Chinese jurisdiction and the applicable defenses that target companies may use against such attempts.Finally, this paper compares the regulation of Takeovers in China with that of highly developed markets, such as the United Kingdom and the United States. The opinion of this paper is that though unsophisticated Chinese stock exchanges have undertaken proper measures in adapting foreign regulations into its own business idiosyncrasy to regulate the takeover phenomenon.

We live in constant exposure to natural catastrophes. Its occurrences have taught us it is necessary to work on prevention of damages and mitigation of potential losses. Although risk management in Peru is still deficient, it is necessary to recognize there are tools that can help us protect our interests.In this article, the author seeks to explain how catastrophic bonds or CAT Bonds work, presenting them as a hedge or financial alternative to face potential losses from next occurrences of El Niño.

Chinese Stock Exchanges are on the rise. Companies are lucrative and trading is getting sophisticated on a day-to-day basis. Upon this scenario, the following paper takes a closer look on the framework upon which takeovers may happen, the takeovers strategies available in Chinese jurisdiction and the applicable defenses that target companies may use against such attempts.Finally, this paper compares the regulation of Takeovers in China with that of highly developed markets, such as the United Kingdom and the United States. The opinion of this paper is that though unsophisticated Chinese stock exchanges have undertaken proper measures in adapting foreign regulations into its own business idiosyncrasy to regulate the takeover phenomenon.

We live in constant exposure to natural catastrophes. Its occurrences have taught us it is necessary to work on prevention of damages and mitigation of potential losses. Although risk management in Peru is still deficient, it is necessary to recognize there are tools that can help us protect our interests.In this article, the author seeks to explain how catastrophic bonds or CAT Bonds work, presenting them as a hedge or financial alternative to face potential losses from next occurrences of El Niño.