In publication since 1982, IFLR has become the trusted source for in-house counsel and law firms specialising in financial law.
-
European high yield is booming. But a letter obtained by IFLR reveals that the largest investors are unhappy, believing senior secured structures to be unfair. Banks have a fight on their hands.
-
European high yield is booming. But a letter obtained by IFLR reveals that the largest investors are unhappy, believing senior secured structures to be unfair. Banks have a fight on their hands.
-
-
-
-
-
Will the ICB’s suggestion of 10% equity capital reserves rise in the final rules? Lawyers are split
-
Paul Koster, chief executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, discusses the priorities and challenges of the region’s key financial hub
-
What are the negotiation hot spots on super senior intercreditor terms? This table sets out the key battlegrounds
-
Should issuers and investors think more about offshore
renminbi currency risk?
-
Due diligence is a good thing, but it can be dangerous to expect your lawyers to do everything
-
Following the release of guidance by the Ministry of Justice, it is important to plan for the Act’s implementation now
-
New Finra rules may mean the end of spinning and quid pro quo allocations, but will also create significant burdens for broker dealers and fund managers
-
Uncertainty regarding extraterritorial application of Dodd-Frank leaves foreign swap dealers in legal limbo
-
Recent investigations highlight the importance of compliance with external commercial borrowing regulations
-
Despite worries following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, there is a strong appetite for nuclear projects across Asia
-
IFLR can reveal the letter that could dramatically change Europe’s high yield market.
-
Cooperation between regulators and a better understanding of the connections between the financial markets and the wider economy is the key to limiting systemic risk
-
Hans Hoogervorst of the Netherlands Authority for Financial Markets has attacked sovereign accounting standards, describing them as “sloppy”
-
Regulators have admitted that they are still unsure how to correctly resolve non-bank systemically important financial institutions (Sifis) should one get into trouble
-
Mario Albert from Québec Autorité des marchés financiers has admitted that confusion over cross-border responsibility helped exacerbate the recent financial crisis
-
Exotic products sold pre-crisis are returning to Asia
-
Private practice lawyers must reassess how they manage multiple bookrunner-deals, a bankers’ counsel has warned
-
The European Securities and Markets Authority is too understaffed, underfunded to meet its overambitious goals, say lawyers
-
European regulators need to find the right balance between disclosure regulation, intermediary regulation, product regulation and investor responsibility and education to promote an efficient market
-
As emerging market work grows, the shortage of local lawyers has become obvious
-
EU and US divergence on the 5% risk retention rules have missed an opportunity for harmonisation – it could lead to regulatory arbitrage
-
CoCo bonds are expected to grow in 2011. But the products need clarity over rating and index eligibility in order to progress
-
Europe’s hybrid capital market will grow despite continuing structural uncertainties
-
Companies should take advantage of relatively open market conditions and refinance now. Macro imbalances and the end of quantitative easing will means firms don’t have long
-
Issuers of older-style hybrid capital need to carefully consider how to move towards new-generation hybrid Tier I, a bankers’ counsel has warned
-
Asia-based lawyers have welcomed the lighter touch guidance on the UK Bribery Act
-
The UK’s move towards increased capital ratios creates a “slightly unfair playing field” compared to the EU and US
-
One of the key complaints regarding the ICB's report on the UK’s financial sector has been its failure to recognise the growing role of the EU in banking regulation
-
The Independent Commission on Banking report on UK reforms has created disagreement over the legitimacy of living wills
-
UK lawyers cautiously welcome the Independent Commission on Banking's interim report
-
UK retail arms' capital ratios could hit “the mid teens” following the UK Independent Commission on Banking’s (ICB) interim report
-
The legal realities of ring-fencing UK bank’s retail operations suggest that implementing the proposal will be a near impossible task
-
Lawyers in Hong Kong have called for the introduction of a US-style market-driven regulatory incentive model
-
The rejection of a US investment fund’s HK lawsuit against the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have a harmful impact on FDI into the region.
-
Clawback of executive compensation under FDIC rules for its receivership of systemically important financial intuitions places an unfair burden on executives
-
As speculation grows over HSBC’s HK office moving to quarterly financial reporting, other in-house counsel have called for authorities to make it mandatory
-
The launch of index-based derivatives on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has been heralded as a positive step
-
The full list of winners from IFLR's Americas awards is here
-
Over 35 speakers have been confirmed for the IFLR European Capital Markets Forum 2011 at the Andaz hotel, Liverpool Street on April 13 and 14