US regulatory reform

  • Obama’s signature is just the start
    July 23, 2010

    Obama’s signing of the Dodd-Frank Act marked the end of a year-long effort for legislation. But it is not the end for confusion over how the law will affect banks

  • Volcker: US will lead global reform
    June 10, 2010

    US financial reform legislation will pass in two to two-and-a-half weeks according to Paul Volcker

  • Banks’ US derivative fears revealed
    May 28, 2010

    The push-out provision for spinning derivative portfolios and difficulties in managing new and old transactions are among US banks’ biggest worries

  • Volcker threat increases
    May 28, 2010

    Despite derivatives reform being the primary cause for debate, the private equity industry is concerned about the impact of the Senate bill

  • Global coordination missing on US reform
    May 28, 2010

    Concern is growing among lawyers that the importance of a worldwide effort to regulate is being forgotten

  • US regulatory reform bill criticised
    May 21, 2010

    After months of arguments and amendments, the US Senate finally passed its regulatory reform bill late last night. But this does not signal the end of the process and the language of the bill is still unclear

Akbank decided to bite the bullet and try a direct issuance, notwithstanding the witholding tax costs

Simon Porter explains how a Turkish bank sold bonds structured to anticipate changes to the country's tax laws

Web seminars

US regulatory reform
August 3 2010
The impact of US regulatory reform on foreign financial institutions and issuers. A discussion with UBS, Morrison & Foerster and IFLR

Latest Issue

September 2010

Avoiding the circular
China-based companies are moving away from Circular 10 when listing abroad. New work-around structures are emerging [more]