March 2012

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Bankers lobbying CBRC for secondary loans rule change

Colfax financing first sets UK Takeover Code precedent

The structure that unlocked Brazilian MBS

FDIC concerns spread to foreign covered bonds

Benchmark Saudi sukuk signals reform success

How European loan docs will change for NY market

US risk retention tipped for re-proposal

What the bifurcation of European securitisation means

Market-first subordinated perp: how it was done

How investors' right to litigate will impact returns

Indian banks welcome new pre-open trading rules

Chinese counsel criticise CSRC publication of IPO applicants

How the FSA’s listing rules will hurt sponsors

Spanish bank funding rules unlikely to help lending

Could Volcker make Toronto the next New York?

FREE: Unprecedented foreign regulator complaints to change Volcker

Corporate boards could be stuck with supermajority voting

What the new Saudi listing rules means for issuers’ costs

Standard Chartered: how international regulations will affect Asia’s loan markets

FSA official: ring fencing is step ahead of global standards

Listen again: US/EU Recovery and Resolution web seminar

RBI: India foreign ownership liberalisation will be slow

Bank of China: How London can become the next offshore RMB centre

Glencore-Xstrata merger terms explained

Canadian Competition Deputy Commissioner: new merger guidelines not a policy change

BoA Merrill Lynch speaks out on new clearing rules

How national implementation will create CRD IV uncertainty

Brazil’s local content requirements set to increase

FREE: The five hottest structured finance products of 2012

Rascals: a settlement processes warning

How to approach emerging market PPPs

How lenders are protecting eurozone periphery loans

Eurozone: tips for establishing repayment currency

Why Schaeffler high yield bond is new market standard

How to prepare for Frankfurt's unregulated market shutdown

FREE: First renminbi gold ETF explained

FREE: HKMA to speak out on failing banks’ resolution frameworks

Linklaters and Clifford Chance scoop Asia awards

IFLR Asia Awards - who's coming?

FREE: Banks' and industry bodies' short selling criticisms summarised

CFTC registration of CPOs highlights regulator split

Execution risk grows in China take-privates

Asia PE firms call for less restrictive Hong Kong rules

Asian hostile takeovers to increase

Orange Austria sale: key challenges explained

How Hyva - Unitas high yield will influence Asia M&A

How the euro crisis changed LatAm project terms

David Webb: Why HK should back competition law and class actions

Apra: Asia’s lawyers need broad compliance focus

David Webb’s alternative deal of the year awards

Exclusive: APLMA to overhaul loan documents

Polkomtel Pik: a sign of things to come?

Industry calls for Ucits to allow retail loan funds

Editorial: A friend in need

Asia: Chinese junk bonds: What not to expect

Europe: London’s misguided RMB ambitions

Americas: Macro and micro movements

How lenders are protecting eurozone periphery loans

Brazil’s local content requirements set to increase

How to prepare for Mofcom’s new M&A rules

Glencore-Xstrata merger terms explained

How national implementation will create CRD IV uncertainty

CFTC registration of CPOs highlights regulator split

Chinese counsel criticise CSRC publication of IPO applicants

Market-first subordinated perp: how it was done

Why Schaeffler high yield bond is the new market standard

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Should companies be allowed to prohibit shareholder litigation?

How European borrowers and US lenders need to compromise on terms

What to do when Rule 144A is not available

Structured products forum: the five hottest structured products of 2012

Why a Greek euro exit needs to be legal to be effective

The future of conventional and Islamic financial products in Libya

OTC derivatives clearing: how the agency and principal models compare

How the proposed US Sifi standards will affect non-bank covered companies

What we can learn from the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower’s initial report

Why Asian businesses shouldn’t ignore US sanctions

What to expect from the UK’s new twin peaks regulatory model

How Spanish and UK anticorruption laws compare

Canada's competition deputy commissioner: new merger guidelines are not a policy change

Asia M&A Forum: lawyers call for less restrictive HK takeover rules

Confidentiality in BVI and Cayman

Early termination and close-out netting

Structuring PFI in a financial crisis market

Financial consumer protection regulation in Honduras

To bundle or not to bundle

Draft rule on rights issue of public companies

Promoting Islamic bonds in Japan

(No) more restrictions on financial assistance?

Share certificates and dematerialisation in Nigeria

Securing of syndicated financings in Poland (part two)

Revised retirement pension plan rules

Competition Commission opens bank investigation

Amendments to Taiwan’s Companies Act

Cape Town Convention comes to Turkey

Prohibition on gross-up clauses in cross-border transactions

Cart Before the Horse

Issue of enterprise bonds in Vietnam

New US whole-business securitisation option explained

CFTC swap rules could squeeze small banks out

How the Eurocrisis is changing European IPOs

Japan’s Samurai bond market needs industry standard

The Fed’s “cautionary note” on bank M&A

Alternatives to the LSOC model explained

Shanghai's yuan hedge fund rules expected this month

PBOC relaxes RMB settlement rules to offset EU trade risk

Europe awards – who’s coming?

Cautious welcome for latest Prospectus Directive advice

The “banking lottery” post-Lehman’s client money case

Apple: the last large-cap to adopt majority voting

Why AIJ scandal will be the first of many

Germany’s bankruptcy changes to boost creditors

Foreign-invested RMB funds’ new terms

EC shadow banking reforms to focus on entities

EXCLUSIVE: SEC to review US private placement rules

How more financiers can be tax-equity partners

Cov-lite: Securitas is misleading

Regulatory overreaction to AIJ to ‘hollow out’ Japan

Bulgaria’s first licensed photovoltaic project explained

What UK in-house want from their law firms

US capital markets: Morrison & Foerster

China counsel call for primary market pricing mechanism overhaul

First GDN listing explained

Why China’s asset securitisation pilot is set to fail

Center Parcs financing sets high yield precedent

US lawyers welcome TruPS court decision

Brazilian SPAs: latest local practice

Colombia to allow foreign bank branches in 2013

US stress test results show Basel III readiness

Hector Sants’ resignation: the questions

FREE: Why Myanmar’s revised foreign investment law is over-hyped

What to expect from Tunisia’s Islamic finance reforms

EC shadow banking consultation: first reaction

FREE: IFC China WTE warrant subscription explained

Inside Amundi's two-programme single-issuer securitisation

EXCLUSIVE: Myanmar regulator reveals who will benefit first from new Telecom law

Euromoney LMG Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2012 – shortlist announced

How Lehman emerged from Chapter 11

How UK’s competition overhaul will affect corporates

Clifford Chance triumphs in IFLR Europe awards

Settlements to change under Mexican collective action law

FREE: How to protect investments in Asia

Why local lenders dominate in Andes

Why PPPs, Asian banks will drive region's projects

Davis Polk leads at IFLR Americas awards

Exclusive: Why Mila exchange won't see Phase II development

Colombian banks fight new OTC termination rights

Exclusive: HKICPA to amend accounting report standards

What the BATS crash teaches us about circuit breakers

RBS, Barcap: are sukuks the answer for emerging markets?

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