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Infrastructure bonds will boost India’s underdeveloped debt capital markets in 2013, and corporate offerings are set to follow

Interest and innovation in European exchange traded products (ETPs) will grow this year, creating opportunities for asset managers.

The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority's (EFSA's) announcement of draft sukuk laws could signal the long-awaited beginnings of an Islamic finance market in Egypt.

As a means of raising capital for investment in UK industry, equity markets no longer register on the radar screen of significance. But UK economist John Kay remains hopeful the market can be resurrected. Here’s how

Proposed changes to the European insolvency regulation look set to threaten the future of English law schemes of arrangement - and the City of London - this year

After much market speculation, the US government renewed the wind production tax credit (PTC) programme as part of last month's fiscal cliff deal. It means there will be a burst in new wind projects in 2013.

The lack of a coherent English law doctrine of lenders’ liability means US investors need to take care

Supervisors have taken an increasing interest in structured products recently. But regulating complexity isn’t easy

There was renewed buzz around contingent convertible capital instruments (CoCos) last year, off the back of impressive issuances by UBS and Barclays. The permanent write-down – rather than conversion to equity – adopted in both deals led to speculation of a new breed of CoCo. But these deals represent just one of many twists to the classic CoCo concept that will appear this year.

The Brazilian government has in the last few years announced some important programmes to increase investments in the infrastructure sector in the country. Most of the investments proposed in these infrastructure programmes are to be made by the private sector, especially those related to airports, railways, energy, and others. In many projects the government expects that the private sector will invest and subsequently operate the relevant project under a concession or public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement.