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Carlos Fradique Méndez Adriana Ospina-Jiménez Leading global financial institutions, asset managers and multi-product investment advisers are among the foreign entities that are increasingly showing their interest in promoting their cross-border, financial and securities-related services to Colombian investors. These foreign entities are especially targeting Colombian pension funds, the most important institutional investors in the Colombian financial sector, as they have approximately $65 billion AUM and growing at a 25% rate per year. The growing interest of these foreign entities is mainly due to (i) Colombia's sound economic growth (preliminary figures indicate that real GDP grew by approximately 4.8% during the first quarter, 4.9% during the second quarter and 2.1% during the third quarter of 2012); (ii) Colombia's high level of foreign direct investment; (iii) its reliable legal framework (as indicated in the World Banks's Doing Business 2013: "Colombia is a regional leader in narrowing the gap with the world's most efficient regulatory practice"); and, (iv) the upgrade to investment-grade status in 2011 by Moody's Investor Service and Fitch Ratings.

On January 21 2013, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) finally issued the (Investment Advisors) Regulations 2013 (Regulation). The Regulations seek to regulate the activity of 'investment advice'.

Forum shopping in sovereign insolvency proceedings, including NML v Argentina, reveals the need for an international insolvency regime

Financial institutions are at the centre of Europe’s incoming OTC reforms. But corporates must prepare too. Here’s how

CVC’s offering of PT Matahari shares on IDX demonstrates the development of Indonesia’s capital markets. It also proves that private equity firms can exit in Indonesia

Afma’s principles for retail structured product approval present an example of international best practice across the Asia-Pacific. Here's why

On December 4 2012, Thailand's Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced a solicitation for a total of 5,400 MW gas-fired IPPs, broken down into maximum of 1,250 MW in six capacity addition periods ending 2021-2016.

Twelve months after the US loosened its listing process for emerging growth companies, the market still isn’t ready accept certain regulatory benefits offered to issuers

Takashi Toichi and Takeshi Fukatsu of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune examine recent revisions to the corporate governance regime in Japan

João Nuno Riquito The rapid growth of Macau's economy – driven by the gaming industry – has filled the region with a permanent presence of world players from gaming and gaming-related businesses. Ten years have passed since the new concessions (and the sub-concessions) were granted. During this time, the growth of the business industry and its related industries has been taking place in a relatively tolerant and deregulated environment. With six-times the revenue of Las Vegas and nearly 30 million visitors per year, the casino industry is the driving force behind Macau's economy, representing more than 40% of Macau's overall GDP.