November 2014

Main

Navigating Indonesia’s language law risks

Canada’s plan to standardise takeover bids

Limited success for HKEx diversity rules

Isda CEO calls for faster harmonisation

Carve outs erode Australian Mac protections

Isda rejects MiFID II liquidity

Arab Bank ruling raises compliance risk

Laos hydro project solves infrastructure sharing problems

HK sukuk first explained

Venezuelan debt restructure 'inevitable'

Finra tackles transparency with a wide net

Netherlands confirm favourable tax treatment of AT1s

Spain’s favourable AT1 tax treatment under threat

Bidders’ dilemma under UK Takeover Code changes

Straw calls for capital markets union rethink

Reputational diligence changes PE documentation

Thai zero-coupon first explained

US leverage guidelines' impact in Europe

Poll: Europe's capital markets union

ADB wastewater B-loan unleashes commercial banks

Hong Kong's dual-class dilemma

Mexico's reversal of fortune

Cost cutting in post-trade compliance

Walmart’s new bank taps captive market

Putnam County deal shows way forward for mutual banks

Project Safi unlocks shariah finance for PPPs

Myanmar non-recourse financing first explained

Sierra Leone to lure IPP investors

Korea Basel III change to boost deals

The nationalisation of SNS – lessons learned

Portability: clause without a cause?

European high yield’s future battlegrounds

Bocom’s Chinese reg cap first explained

Reality bites for new high-yield issuers

New ICMA clauses debut in Kazakhstan sovereign

Allen & Overy triumphs at IFLR Middle East Awards

FDI transcends Turkey's troubles

Antitrust compliance must be prioritised

Do activists raise shareholder value?

Asia’s struggle with CSR

Myanmar: worth the risk

AIFMD confusion for non-EU funds

Europe’s 4-to-3 merger precedent

HK competition guidelines need clarity

The thorny issues of conflict management

IBA Annual Conference: the full coverage

A new course for cross-border swaps reform

Indonesia's PKPU: 10 years on

Indonesian contracts' translation turmoil

India's solution to wilful defaulters

Japan FIT changes needed to continue growth

Stress test: 7% hurdle puts spotlight on German banks

The rising tide of creditor democracy

Stress tests: why national CET1 calculations could vary

The 2014 European stress tests: impact report

Why disintermediation is Europe's funding future

Korea Re tier 1 first explained

Regulators: Asian rulemakers need a global agenda

Isda’s resolution stay protocol assessed

Stock Connect to boost SFC – CSRC cooperation

Uncertainty surrounds CFTC footnote 513

Isda’s resolution protocol sparks enforceability questions

Editorial: Building the mechanism

Americas: Keeping up with the Joneses

Asia Pacific: Protecting the rule of law

EMEA: Proceed with caution

Finra tackles transparency with a wide net

Korea Basel III change to boost deals

Isda rejects MiFID II liquidity

HK competition guidelines need clarity

Europe’s 4-to-3 merger precedent

DEAL: Putnam County deal shows way forward for mutual banks

DEAL: Myanmar non-recourse financing first explained

US leverage guidelines’ impact in Europe

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Asia Pacific

Americas

Poll: making Europe's capital markets union work

Deal of the month: China's reg cap first

Inside China: outbound investment made easy

Afme high yield conference highlights

Middle East winners

Why invest in Latin America's unbanked

Hurdles to AIFM passporting

El Salvador: Combatting laundering

Indonesia: Tightening foreign ownership restrictions

Japan: Easing gun-jumping restrictions

Malaysia: Teething problems

Mauritius: Zaheer v director of income tax

Panama: Arbitral process changes

Philippines: SEC advice on online platforms

Slovak Republic: Protecting temporary employees

South Korea: Keeping up to speed

Spain: Welcoming the MARF

Thailand: Mortgage and surety update

Turkey: A regulatory boost

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