Why the SFC's strict disclosure requirements for short positions are not needed
Lawyers involved in Arcandor's restructuring explain how they restructured the company's four tranches of CMBS notes
Politicans have called for CDS regulation in Europe. But it doesn't make sense to separate them from the cash market
The debate on amending capital ratios is preventing banks from making changes to their risk structures
IFLR is introducing two new in-house awards to Europe. Here are the shortlists
The full write-ups of the best debt and equity-linked deals and firms in Asia this year
A surprising conclusion on flawed-asset conditional payments has practitioners scrambling for a solution. Here's one
The IFLR European Capital Markets Forum will now feature three panels analysing trends in the equity markets
The full write-ups of the best equity deals and firms in Asia this year
The SEC's plan for an alternative uptick rule has been welcomed as a measured, political response. But more guidance is needed on implementation
The Rentpool case should mean more foreign judgments are enforceable in Russia. But don’t get too excited just yet
The European Commission's Prips proposal is a complete overhaul of retail investment
The scope of regulation to impose living wills in the UK and the US reaches much further than originally planned. Lawyers are worried it could change the way that banks are structured, and tie up essential capital reserves
Did the Billing case create hyper field pre-emption for US securities laws? An analysis Of the Second Circuit's Short Sale decision
Derivatives legislation has been passed by the US House of Representatives. But there's still a lot of argument and jurisdictional wrangling to go
Why Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank's merger may be destined for failure.
Light on detail, heavy on sentiment; Lord Mandelson's proposed changes to takeover rules raise many questions
Chinese companies are increasingly accepting the necessity for break fees as part of overseas acquisitions
Kaushal Kumar Sharma, director general of the Indian Competition Commission, defends his country's competition law
The full write-ups of the best M&A deals and firms of the year
The full write ups of the best project finance deals and teams of the year
LMA revisions on secondary trading have moved par and distressed terms closer together, as well as London and New York
The full write-ups of the best structured finance deals and firms in Asia this year
Derivatives don’t need to be standardised – banks have been doing it naturally for years
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The regulators haven’t mitigated counterparty risk yet, just changed it
Simon Dodds, general counsel at Deutsche Bank, on forcing derivatives through central counterparties
US and EU hybrid capitalFebruary 3 2010The future of hybrids, in a popular discussion between IFLR, Morrison & Foerster and Calyon
March 2010
Basel III: The revenge of Basel New Basel rules are affecting everyone differently. In the UK banks are worried about grandfathering, in Germany the headache is hybrids and in the US it's risk structures. Meanwhile Japan has some tips and Hong Kong structured its first hybrid [more]