POLL: boards must prioritise shareholder engagement The emphatic message from poll respondents is that shareholder engagement must be boards’ priority in the lead-up to proxy season By Zoe Thomas February 23 2015
The global backlash to TLAC The FSB’s total loss-absorbing capacity rules are still in their infancy, but market participants are worried By Zoe Thomas & Ashley Lee February 23 2015
Cummings: transparency needed on Dodd-Frank swaps push-out House of Representatives Democrat Elijah Cummings has told IFLR why he wants US banks to explain how they will benefit from the roll-back of swaps regulations By Zoe Thomas February 16 2015
TLAC inflexibility could force subsidiary resolution Banks that favour a single point of entry model may be at greater risk of placing one of their subsidiaries into resolution under the FSB's TLAC proposal By Zoe Thomas February 16 2015
Brazil's hard lessons in public M&A The combination of telecommunication companies Oi and PT has taught Brazilian investors the downside of public M&A. Local investors have called for more thorough disclosures going forward By Zoe Thomas February 06 2015
How ETMFs could lead to US copycats New issuers are expected to adopt the partially non-transparent ETF structure By Zoe Thomas February 05 2015
CFTC commissioner slams swap rules The regulator's commissioner has called for a re-think of the regulations governing the US swaps market By Zoe Thomas February 04 2015