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The IFLR1000’s 2013 law firm rankings reveal a cautious market that’s strategising for better days

What does the Canadian government’s initial rejection of the Petronas/Progress deal signal for SOE investment, and Cnooc’s bid for Nexen?

Structured products, securitisations and commodity pools must navigate a patchwork of Dodd-Frank regulations. But recent interpretive guidance means all is not lost

On the regulatory front, ALLEN & OVERY snared Marc Ponchione from the asset management division of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Ponchione is a former senior counsel at the SEC's division of investment management. COZEN O'CONNOR has gained Jerry Pappert, a former Pennsylvania attorney general and the chairman of the state's Banking and Securities Commission, as a shareholder in its Philadelphia office.

At some point during most people's childhood, there was an evil bogeyman lurking under a bed, or hidden in a closet, ready to make its presence known at a moment's notice. The bogeyman of the day for many market participants has become the commodity pool issue. This issue arises because the Dodd-Frank Act amended the definition of "commodity pool", making it broader by including any enterprise operated for the purpose of trading in swaps. Trading in swaps may seem like a high bar, but there is little guidance as to the type of entity that constitutes a commodity pool and some of that guidance suggests that entering into a single swap may be sufficient to trigger the registration requirement.

The UK's Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has called for the July 2013 implementation date for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to be pushed to 2014.

More effective than it looks

Jamie Benson

Less foreign listings, a stricter SFC, and global regulations have all threatened Asia’s growth story. These are the market developments that will maintain its momentum

Azerbaijan’s credit metrics have stabilised since the height of the global crisis. The market’s supervisory and governance frameworks have played no small role