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04 March 2013
The groundbreaking $1.2 billion financing of a Nigerian fertiliser project could mark the start of something big in Nigeria’s petrochemicals sectors, sparking a wave of similar projects
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15 May 2013
Lenders and bond investors must exercise greater foresight on African deals, by paying closer attention to security risks and intercreditors during negotiations and drafting
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14 May 2013
In establishing Asia's bank resolution regimes, domestic regulators requiring banks to hold a certain amount of capital in domestic subsidiaries miss the point
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30 April 2013
The rise of local banks has contributed to foreign lenders’ sliding participation in syndicated lending in Africa. Standard Bank’s investment banking head has warned this trend will continue
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02 April 2013
The Australian Financial Markets Association plans to scrap the bank panel requirement in setting its Bank Bill Swap reference rate. Could others follow?
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02 April 2013
Regulatory compulsion is shaping up as a key battleground in benchmark rate reform, as more banks quit rate-setting panels
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28 March 2013
IFLR's coverage of regulatory changes to US, UK and EU bank structures features in-depth analysis and expert opinion on the reforms' legal and systemic implications
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19 March 2013
The mortgage loan market will be two-part, as lenders decide whether to prioritise higher yields or safe harbours following the implementation of new regulatory initiatives
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19 March 2013
RBI's final guidelines regarding the licensing of new banks will broaden the banking industry. But it is unclear who will take advantage of the rules
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19 March 2013
Vietnam's proposed bank reforms aim to increase flows of foreign investment into its troubled banking system. Here's why the impact of the suggested reforms is expected to be limited
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04 March 2013
With the implementation of Basel III set to significantly curtail banks' ability to lend, lawyers in Asia-Pacific have outlined the alternative funding sources they expect to emerge in the region this year
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04 March 2013
Interbank lending rates may no longer be a suitable input for financial benchmarks, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman has said
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04 March 2013
Financing sweeteners are being used in Brazil to encourage local borrowing by inbound investors, making Brazilian funding potentially more atrractive to foreign investors
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28 February 2013
In case you missed day two of the IFLR Asia M&A Forum, here are the key takeaways from the acquisition finance panel
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05 February 2013
Protections obtained by mezzanine in recent leveraged financings exceed those contained in the LMA's revised intercreditor agreement. Here's why they are the new market benchmark
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04 February 2013
IFLR today revealed its Europe Awards 2013 shortlist. Here is who will be attending this year's awards ceremony
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08 January 2013
Weil Gotshal & Manges' James Leavy outlines the legacy problems arising from the failure of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty
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08 January 2013
Allen & Overy’s Philip Wood, Linklaters’ Simon Davies and Morgan, Lewis and Bockius’ Christian Zschocke assess the impact of the banking sector reforms proposed so far
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08 January 2013
Wall Street's most influential lawyer, was at the centre of US regulators' attempt to save Lehman Brothers. Here he compares the US and EU regulatory reactions post-crisis
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08 January 2013
Banks are increasingly focused on meeting Basel III's tough new capital requirements. But as Richard Reid of the International Centre for Financial Regulation's explains, the global bank reform story started long before the 2008 crisis
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08 January 2013
The US market crash of the 1980s should have acted as a warning of the systemic crises to follow, explains David Spencer of Spencer Law Office
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08 January 2013
In 1986, the Federal Reserve, led by Chairman Paul Volcker, began a series of actions that ultimately led to the demise of the Glass-Steagall Act. Allen & Overy's partner, Douglas Landy, assesses why Volcker has now changed his mind
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30 November 2012
By 1983, Latin America faced mountainous debt and a policy response that was to condemn the region to it's lost decade. Here Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's Lee Buchheit outlines how the eurozone could better cope with its crisis
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30 November 2012
Since 1996, the Loan Market Association has set the benchmark European, African and Middle East’s syndicated loan markets. The LMA’s managing director, Clare Dawson, speaks with IFLR about the Association’s achievements and plans for the future.
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30 November 2012
By 1984, Mexico had amassed sovereign debt stocks totaling around $96.6 billion. Whitney Debevoise, a partner with Arnold & Porter and a former US executive director of the World Bank explains how a new debt service programme nearly paved the way for recovery