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US president Barack Obama and governor Mitt Romney have fiercely debated how they would increase US investment. When asked about their stances on cross-border investment with the world's second largest economy, however, the discussion has revolved around anti-dumping policies or identifying China as a currency manipulator – rather than encouraging investment in the US.

Europe and Asia’s investors show their soft side New legal structures are needed for impact investments to succeed as an asset class. Although it is possible to utilise non-profit or for-profit structures for impact investments, investors – and their counsel – hope that more jurisdictions will consider social enterprise structures to simplify matters. Impact investments involve investing in both for-profit and not-for-profit social enterprises that prioritise their missions over conventional business objectives. But the strategy has blurred the distinction between between for-profit and non-profit companies. Recently we've seen charities invest in for-profit companies, such as Oxfam's investment into Mongolia's Xac Leasing, and private equity firms such as KKR prioritise environmental, social and governance issues.

For asset managers willing to make their products attractive to a market coming to terms with Solvency II, the potential rewards are huge

Regulatory changes that would permit research analysts at investment banks to attend pitch meetings with prospective IPO clients will do little to relieve the compliance burden hindering US IPOs

The biggest shortfall of the Dodd-Frank Act is its inability to remove incentives that encourage banks to misuse savings under an understanding that they are too big to fail, Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has claimed

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting further analysis of the costs and benefits of money market fund regulation, SEC chairman Mary Schaprio has said

Cornerstone investors have become fundamental to IPOs in Asia, with offerings such as those of Felda Global Ventures and Astro dependent on their support. But rules are vague and significantly differ throughout jurisdictions

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission will finalise guidance on the cross-border application of the Dodd-Frank Act by and phase-in compliance with swaps rules in 2013, the CFTC Chairman has announced

Lawyers in Jakarta have revealed their wish list of market reforms that could invigorate the country's equity capital markets, if implemented

Indonesia’s renewables market expects more local bank involvement and more commercial bank led-deals that do not rely so heavily on ECAs political risk mitigation elements