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Commentators have been quick to dismiss plans for a UK business bank. Too quick, in fact. Business secretary Vince Cable's vision of a government-backed lender would offer a reprieve to the country's banking sector, and is worth pursing. Its objective might be to improve funding options for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). But it could also increase the market share of the so-called challenger banks, and create some much-needed distance between the big four and SMEs – in June the banks admitted to having mis-sold interest rate swaps to the corporates in question.

DIFC funds can leave this at home when entering the UAE The UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (Esca) has introduced a new set of rules for foreign funds looking to market their units in the UAE mainland. The move signals more intense scrutiny by the regulator and potentially threaten the DIFC's position as an investment hub. Esca's Resolution on Investment Funds, issued in late July, require the regulator's authorisation to market units of foreign funds in the UAE. Such funds must be offered through a locally licensed placement agent or, less commonly, a locally established representative office. The definition of foreign funds catches DIFC funds, meaning they too will need to appoint a local promoter.

EDL-Gen's LAK 1.6 billion ($200 million) rights issuance was a first for the nascent Laos Securities Exchange (LSX). But deal counsel had to first overcome complexities relating to the company's shares in four independent power producers (IPPs).

The US M&A market is primed for use of a bespoke, tax-free sales structure known as a reverse morris trust (RMT).

Coller Capital's acquisition of £1.03 billion of private equity assets from Lloyds Banking Group, along with £22 million of undrawn commitments, is the largest unsyndicated secondaries transaction ever completed.

The latest emerging markets acronym is based on economics. But the legal frameworks of its constituent countries need equal attention

Carlos Duran of Uría Menéndez on the advantages of using Spanish holding companies for Chinese investments in Latin America

Unnecessary, counterproductive and politically driven. The experts make a case against the EU’s latest round of proposed rating agency reforms

Up to $550 billion of European LBO loans are due to mature between now and 2016. What are the options for addressing the huge refinancing burden and what new trends are emerging in this changed financial landscape?

L Badrinarayanan and Karan Talwar of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan discuss the interplay of Indian regulations and investor friendliness