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Tariffs must be addressed first and stability will be paramount for the incoming Mexican president

There are doubts over the pricing mechanism and the viability of the legal framework for this new category of depositary receipt

IFLR speaks to leading practitioners about how to avoid cybersecurity disclosure offences

Companies are facing potentially huge fines over their lack of retention policies

On June 12 2018, the Brazilian federal government enacted long-anticipated changes to the country's mining legislation in an effort to foster investment in the sector.

New rules were incorporated into the Commercial Code as of January 1 2018 that broaden the liability of the statutory bodies of corporations and members of trading companies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the new implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Investment Company Act (ICA), replacing the 1998 ICA Rule 35-1. The new set of rules, which took effect on January 26 2018, aims to develop the Philippine capital markets and help prepare investment companies to qualify for and compete in international cross-border transactions by aligning the rules with global standards and practices.

Under the Basel III regime, in order to counter cyclicality in the financial system, capital should be accumulated when cyclical systemic risk is judged to be increasing, creating a countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) that increases the resilience of the banking sector during periods of stress when losses materialise. This will help maintain the supply of credit and moderate the downswing of the financial cycle. The requirement to add to the CCB also dampens excessive credit growth during the upswing of the financial cycle.

Manuel Meyer, Andrea Bolliger and Yves Mauchle of Baker McKenzie explain why the Swiss legal regime is attractive for initial coin offerings

Peter Reeves, Georgina Willcock and Candice Fraser of Gilbert + Tobin assess Australia’s ongoing efforts to regulate the digital currency market