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02 May 2013
The debut listing of German chemicals producer Evonik on the Frankfurt and Luxembourg stock exchanges used an unconventional quick-to-market structure. It sets a so-called almost-safe model for other large European corporates to follow
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04 April 2013
Greencoat UK Wind, an infrastructure fund that targets buying wind farms in the UK, has completed its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. The landmark renewable deal signals a new way of funding for wind farms
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21 February 2013
The first Iraq Stock Exchange listing since 2003 is expected to transform the frontier exchange
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21 February 2013
The third public offering of this Mexican real estate investment trust has been widely reported as a transactional breakthrough with the potential to help the REIT asset class attract new investors from around the world
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25 January 2013
Banco Santander Mexico became the first Mexican bank to list on the NYSE when it completed its $4.1 billion IPO last September. There was another first that most observers failed to notice, though
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12 December 2012
The debut of Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund IPO on NZSX and ASX was linked that of the Fonterra Shareholders' Market. It could foreshadow copycat transactions
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12 December 2012
The first lodging Fibra was offered by GDI Group on November 29. Here's why it's a game changer for the Mexican Reit market
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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
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12 April 2013
Bank counsel in the UK have dismissed press commentary on overly-aggressive bidding for block trades as overblown.
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04 April 2013
Forty speakers have been confirmed for the IFLR European Capital Markets Forum 2013 at the Waldorf Hotel in London next week.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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24 January 2013
The expansion of China’s Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor programme is set to further open China’s capital markets in 2013
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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29 November 2012
Sebi is increasingly looking towards international regulation in mandating tougher disclosure rules, said counsel at IFLR’s India Capital Markets Forum
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29 November 2012
Although Sebi’s enforcement regime has previously been criticised for a lack of activity, its new standards have counsel concerned