US prudential standards to exceed Basel III Today the Federal Reserve announced its long-awaited proposal for prudential regulation of systemically important financial institutions (Sifis) By Danielle Myles December 20 2011
SEC’s settlement options post Citi ruling A judge’s rejection of an SEC settlement is not the beginning of a hard-line policy of the courts. But the SEC is expected to look at different settlement options in... By Danielle Myles December 13 2011
How FCMs will change post-MF Global The business model and customer fund investment strategies used by Future Commission Merchants face fundamental changes following Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule changes this week By Danielle Myles December 08 2011
How to negotiate LatAm public concessions The restructure and refinancing of Costa Rica’s airport expansion is a rare example of how to negotiate concession rights in a politically sensitive project and region By Danielle Myles December 06 2011
Puerto Rico sets P3 example for US The first transaction under Puerto Rico’s public-private-partnership authority (PRPPPA) has set some valuable lessons for budding P3 programmes throughout the US By Danielle Myles November 30 2011
SEC reverse merger rule’s intentions queried Tough reverse merger rules introduced this month by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are a misguided response which adds to the US “hysteria” surrounding Chinese companies, according to counsel... By Danielle Myles November 22 2011
How MF Global will change customer fund supervision Controls on futures and OTC customer funds will be stricter following allegations of MF Global’s use of customer funds in the days before its collapse By Danielle Myles November 21 2011
Banks pushed to segment under Sifi framework The new investment bank model could be a scaled-down and fragmented version of today, says Moore Capital Management’s Matthew Carpenter By Danielle Myles November 17 2011
Volcker to “dramatically affect” equity liquidity A Volcker Rule approved in its proposed form would dramatically affect liquidity in US equity markets, Goldman Sachs' head of US equities trading has said By Danielle Myles November 16 2011
New financing for Brazil’s middle market A venture loan programme has paved the way for foreign investors to gain exposure to established companies in Brazil’s mid-market By Danielle Myles November 15 2011
