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10 May 2013
Mexico’s highly-anticipated financial overhaul bills, introduced into Congress on Wednesday, will streamline and expedite the country’s sluggish bankruptcy proceedings for corporates
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08 May 2013
Under the guise of a law to boost retail lending, Mexico is about to overhaul its financial system. Amendments could pass as early as next month
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03 May 2013
US private equity has entered a new phase of tougher enforcement. But the industry needs further assistance from the SEC to comply with its new obligations
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02 May 2013
Last week’s launch of standardised terms for the world’s biggest swaps market has been welcomed as an alternative for those resisting the product’s so-called futurisation
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04 April 2013
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the second Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards.
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04 April 2013
Although courts are giving greater scrutiny to settlement agreements involving banks , it is still uncertain if they will require admissions of culpability
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28 March 2013
The US banking sector has become the next front for shareholder activists keen on seeing better and more stable stock performance. Executive compensation is in the crosshairs of activist investors
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20 March 2013
Twelve months after the US loosened its listing process for emerging growth companies, the market still isn’t ready accept certain regulatory benefits offered to issuers
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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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11 March 2013
Morocco has fully revamped its securitisation law. Clifford Chance outlines how the changes could impact alternative financing for the real economy
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09 March 2013
The nominations for this year's IFLR Americas awards have been announced
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07 March 2013
Former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker has called for a regulatory system with fewer regulators, faster rule implementation and better enforcement
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26 February 2013
A landmark decision means brokerages can prohibit class action lawsuits by their customers. Here's what the market thinks of the new precedent
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12 February 2013
US banks should brace themselves for stronger competition enforcement, a former Department of Justice antitrust official has warned
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31 January 2013
The US proposal to require CEOs to certify the quality of securitisation assets sparked debate between bank executives and SEC officials on an ASF2013 panel earlier this week
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31 January 2013
Despite new rules to manage conflicts and mitigate ratings shopping taking, there is still a long road ahead before comprehensive changes take shape, according to ASF2013 panellists speaking Tuesday afternoon
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31 January 2013
Congress stated in section 13(a)(2) of the Volcker Rule that it did not intend to inhibit banks and nonbank financial companies from otherwise lawful securitisation activities. But other Dodd-Frank rules could make that the case
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30 January 2013
US Securities & Exchange Commission commissioner Troy Paredes has warned against the risk of excessive regulatory requirements that could inhibit the country’s still-recovering securitisation market
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29 January 2013
The collapse of Colombia’s biggest brokerage has caused a firestorm of litigation, leading some to call for a local version of the Volcker Rule
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29 January 2013
Recovery of the US mortgage market depends on getting the securitisation pipeline flowing again, said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry at the annual American Securitization Forum yesterday
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29 January 2013
A US legislative framework for covered bonds could take effect as early as this year, according to panellists at the 2013 American Securitization Forum’s session on covered bonds this week
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29 January 2013
Corporates may be searching for new financing vehicles if draft US rules impacting asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) are finalised as proposed
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08 January 2013
The US's biggest financial overhaul since the great depression represents a fundamental shift in regulatory philosophy, says Morrison & Foerster's Anna Pinedo. And its legacy will be felt far beyond the US
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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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20 December 2012
A US Federal Reserve proposal could mean risk-managment, liquidity and capital requirements for foreign bank's US operations. But the industry still has avenues to push back
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19 December 2012
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program: Fiscal Year 2012 reveals a programme that is still grappling with many difficulties, lawyers have said