December 2012/January 2013

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Shadow banking: are the shadows really the banks? - opinion

FSB reveals shadow banking policy options

OTC regulation in Asia: where are we now?

Fatca delay to break loan negotiation deadlock

How to revive UK private equity

Corruption case could halt Brazil’s first anti-bribery law

Australia FDI regime must change for Asia success

UK calls for AIFMD implementation delay

Why Kay, Volcker are wrong about ringfencing

How Basel III will limit Chinese bank financing

IFLR awards 2013: research begins

How a US regulator shake-up would impact financial reform

Hong Kong's RMB/HKD equity placement first analysed

EU short selling: what US funds need to know

FSA prudential chief: why banks must be ringfenced

US private placement market opens to Latam projects

Imminent Argentine debt default?

Why Basel III could jumpstart Asia’s high-yield market

Myanmar’s long-awaited foreign investment law analysed

Argentina ruling to hamper sovereign restructuring plans

CFTC misses the point with commingling clarification

Apra’s tranche restrictions to change Australian securitisation

The latest Asian high-yield disclosure trends explained

Why investors should avoid ChinaCo USD high-yield

How lawyers will shape Asian high-yield

Will Europe’s women on boards quota work?

Basel III to prompt RMB innovation

UK lawyers call for restraint in EU membership debate

Turkey: how to invest in the next BRIC

Cnooc, Petronas’s lessons for SOE investment in Canada

Hong Kong stock exchange reveals reform agenda

Volcker Rule to prompt bank exodus from US

Lawyers opposed to public A1 filings

Growth sharing rights: the instrument to save the eurozone? - opinion

LatAm SMEs to rival MNC’s project dominance

US Basel delay puts heat on Europe

Why the Vickers ringfence is no panacea

EU bank union terms unravelled

Why SOE’s shouldn’t be shunned - opinion

Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2012 – winners announced

Has the Prospectus Directive regime permanently damaged European ECM?

A legal guide to bond execution in 2013

How to prepare bond documents for a Eurozone break-up

PE securitisation eliminates pier loan threat

EXCLUSIVE: UK to impose son of FATCA on Crown Dependencies, despite government’s denials

Is CFTC wrong about position limits

Why uncertainty remains after FCPA guidance

Revealed: what's next on Dubai's regulatory agenda

Frontiers: a new breed of private equity

Sebi looking to HK disclosure rules

Why Sebi’s new rules are causing concern

How 2012 regulation has changed syndicate deal execution

Argentine debt battle will set terms of future bond issuances

How Europe can avoid a lost decade

Why Volcker changed his mind on Glass-Steagall - opinion

What we should have learned from the US 1980s market crash - opinion

The Basel reforms dissected

Exclusive: Canada’s US Ambassador on improving Canada/US trade

The US rules that shaped today's capital markets - opinion

A fateful year for EU banking regulation - opinion

Morgan Stanley: the truth about emerging markets

How Edgar came of age - opinion

Exclusive: Hong Kong’s SFC CEO on the city’s financial hub future

The euro's future assessed

Are we too reliant on credit ratings?

How the PCAOB changed US auditing

How the global Islamic finance market developed

The year that changed research analyst coverage

Revealed: Dubai's regulatory agenda for 2013

How European private equity came of age - opinion

Exclusive: Sifma CEO calls for stronger Financial Stability Oversight Council leadership

China's anti-monopoly regime dissected

Rodgin Cohen: how the EU crisis response falls short

Dodd-Frank's legacy outlined

IBA calls for total review of law firm practices

EXCLUSIVE: Asifma announces new cross-markets and fixed income executive director

US ISS outlines the future of poison pills

Revealed: the true cost of Volcker, Vickers and Liikanen

Exclusive: Asean’s path to 2015 revealed

What KKR did next

Mexico’s bellwether case for sovereign debt restructuring

How FIIs changed Indian capital markets

How to bank in the Caucasus

The rules of Rule 144A

New rules for premium listings analysed

Cooperation among Asia-Pacific securities regulators

Tell me before taking the seat

How have PE bidders fared under the new UK Takeover Code?

Euromoney's Richard Ensor: the cost of regulatory vice tightening

Back to the future

Asia Pacific: Sebi’s former enforcement head: the way forward

Europe: Sewing on the shadows: a lawyer's take on Peter Pan banking

Is CFTC wrong about position limits?

Argentina ruling to hamper restructuring plans

Latest Asian high-yield disclosure trends

US private placement market opens to Latam projects

How to prepare bond documents for a eurozone break-up

Myanmar’s new investment law analysed

UK calls for AIFMD implementation delay

EU bank union terms unravelled

Why Kay, Volcker are wrong about ringfencing

Asia-Pacific

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Americas

A capital calculation

Global Bank’s covered bond first

Asia Women in Business Law Awards

India Capital Markets Forum highlights

Asia Capital Markets Forum highlights

What recent Dodd-Frank guidance signals for structured finance

Esma’s U-turn on indirect clearing – will it help?

2012 M&A Review

Asian SOEs’ future in Canada’s non-conventional O&G sector

Russia’s Civil Code changes to boost FDI

A path to growth

An established trend

Colombia facilitates proxy voting rules

Project finance and infrastructure in Costa Rica

Removal of Cyprus from the Russian tax blacklist

Sebi’s giant leap to revive the Indian capital markets

Revision of the mineral and coal mining services business in Indonesia

Bank deleveraging in Ireland and Europe

New terms for payments of commercial debts

Japanese FIT

Holding companies and corporate restructuring

Creating carbon rights in Peru

Singapore exchange proposes changes to IPO structure

Changes in Slovak company law

Distressed opportunities in Spain

Choice of law in shariah-compliant transactions

The CPO bogeyman

Changes to the law on securities in Vietnam

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1990s

2000s

Nigeria: Lessons from Shell

Indonesia: An economic masterplan

Germany: Making the switch

Dominican Republic: Snapshot of a growing market

Interview: A glass half full

Ukraine: Capacity for growth

UAE: Attractive yet challenging

Turkey: A year of big changes

Philippines: Capital restructuring

Panama: Hub of the Americas

Mozambique: Mining for success

Malta: Island of opportunity

Malaysia: Solid middle ground

Indonesia: Being a part of it

India: Relaxing framework

Q&A: Frontier markets: private equity’s next challenge

Indonesia: An economic masterplan

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