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  • Blackrock: why Asia’s capital markets must develop

    18 April 2013

    Speaking at the IPBA 2013 Annual Meeting and Conference in Seoul, Blackrock Asia-Pacific chairman Mark McCombe urged further development of Asia's capital markets

  • Block trading concerns "overblown"

    12 April 2013

    Bank counsel in the UK have dismissed press commentary on overly-aggressive bidding for block trades as overblown.

  • Final speaker list for IFLR European Capital Markets Forum 2013

    04 April 2013

    Forty speakers have been confirmed for the IFLR European Capital Markets Forum 2013 at the Waldorf Hotel in London next week.

  • How Cyprus impacts CoCo investment

    04 April 2013

    Cyprus’s bailout offers a reality check on the bail-in risks attached to contingent convertible bonds. But some banks are hailing a riskier form of CoCo as the funding tool of the future

  • Afma’s retail structured product approval principles explained

    21 March 2013

    Afma’s principles for retail structured product approval present an example of international best practice across the Asia-Pacific. Here's why

  • How to fix Europe’s IPO model (in five easy steps)

    20 March 2013

    Latham & Watkins have come up with five steps detailing how to improve the European initial public offering model. The proposals are gaining traction with some of Europe’s leading banks

  • What’s driving Europe’s hybrid bond resurgence

    07 February 2013

    The flurry of hybrid bond issuances by European corporates is tipped to continue. Here's how the product is set to develop this year

  • China’s capital markets to open in 2013

    24 January 2013

    The expansion of China’s Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor programme is set to further open China’s capital markets in 2013

  • John Kay: the future of UK equity

    24 January 2013

    As a means of raising capital for investment in UK industry, equity markets no longer register on the radar screen of significance. But UK economist John Kay remains hopeful the market can be resurrected. Here’s how

  • Paul Gillis: SFC should not regulate auditors

    16 December 2012

    The Hong Kong SFC's sponsor regulations lack teeth without an independent audit regulator, according to PCAOB standing advisory group member and Peking University professor Paul Gillis

  • Why small firms suffer under SFC sponsor rules

    16 December 2012

    New sponsor rules released by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission are expected to have a disproportionate impact on smaller sponsor firms and smaller companies looking to list. Here's why

  • How Edgar came of age - opinion

    30 November 2012

    The implementation of the SEC's electronic filing system in 1994 added a new dimension to the public company concept, says David Bernstein of K&L Gates

  • The year that changed research analyst coverage

    30 November 2012

    Three crucial developments in 2003 changed the future of research analyst regulation. Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Glen Rae, and Morrison & Foerster's Anna Pinedo and Jim Tanenbaum, explain how

  • US ISS outlines the future of poison pills

    30 November 2012

    Patrick McGurn, special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) discusses the role of shareholder rights plans in today’s age of shareholder activism

  • Sebi looking to HK disclosure rules

    29 November 2012

    Sebi is increasingly looking towards international regulation in mandating tougher disclosure rules, said counsel at IFLR’s India Capital Markets Forum

  • Why Sebi’s new rules are causing concern

    29 November 2012

    Although Sebi’s enforcement regime has previously been criticised for a lack of activity, its new standards have counsel concerned

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