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23 May 2013
Private equity firms are starting to use anti-corruption compliance as a way to add value to their investments. Here's how
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22 May 2013
Sanctions are an increasingly important aspect of financial institutions' know-your-client (KYC) measures. But keeping up with ever-changing regulations is proving a challenge
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15 May 2013
Project financings in Myanmar are materialising, and counsel expect interesting deal structures. But the government must establish contractual and regulatory frameworks before the market can take off
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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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10 May 2013
Although Malaysia's ruling coalition has retained control of Parliament, following the country's hotly contested elections on May 5, the situation for foreign investment is unclear
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25 April 2013
Contrary to what's been widely reported by other media changes to the frontier's controversial FDI law may not make a difference to foreign investors
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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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25 March 2013
CSRC chairman Guo Shuqing stepped down last week. It is unclear why Guo, a dynamic reformer, left and whether his successor will continue his policies
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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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12 March 2013
Following 2012's insider trading scandals, market participants hope proposed insider trading regulations will bring domestic standards in line with international expectations
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07 March 2013
Cornerstone investors are essential to completing HK and Singapore IPOs. But they have yet to enter markets such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
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04 March 2013
Target-related compliance issues have become increasingly important in Asian M&A deals as corporate counsel protect their most important asset - their company’s reputation
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21 February 2013
China’s OTC equities markets are kicking off. A selling point is that they will help clear a PE exit gridlock, but more development is needed before they’re an option
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07 February 2013
Proposed amendments to Australia's Corporations Act are intended to encourage the issuance of retail corporate bonds. But market participants have branded them too restrictive. Here’s why
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28 January 2013
Australian regulators are looking into new shadow banking regulations. But counsel are sceptical. Here's why
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17 January 2013
Regulators in Asia-Pacific have called for closer jurisdictional cooperation to protect emerging markets from onerous extraterritorial regulations
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16 January 2013
Regulators have called for new hires to be paid on par with the private sector.
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01 January 2013
Asia’s debt capital markets have lived in the shadow of its buoyant listing market. But Asifma wants to turn that around. Its CEO, Mark Austen, spoke with IFLR about his plans for the future
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16 December 2012
The Hong Kong Treasury Markets Association’s Hibor review has clear implications for future contracts as well as future Hibor tenors. Here's why
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30 November 2012
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ director of finance, industry and infrastructure, Dr. Somsak Pipoppinyo, outlines what’s next on the Association’s reform agenda
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30 November 2012
The Indian securities regulator’s scheme aimed at foreign trades was a key step in liberalising the country’s capital markets, explains Ajay Vaidya, chief legal and compliance officer of Kotak Mahindra Capital
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30 November 2012
Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, dispels some emerging market myths