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Europe’s first CMBS to default at maturity has been restructured. Here’s how to resolve the next defaults

Recent news revealed new efforts by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to promote a data protection regulation in the telecommunications sector. The news reported that different departments of the MIIT visited Guangdong and Sichuan provinces to confer with the local telecommunications authorities and companies on various topics about the promulgation of a departmental administrative regulation for the protection of personal information, and carried out relevant research. This shows the continuous endeavour made by the MIIT in the area of data protection.

Foreign banks and US state regulators need better means of communication

Kuala Lumpur's Association of Islamic Scholars (ASAS) is set to introduce shariah board accreditation processes this year in a bid to address concerns over the integrity of shariah scholars. But many believe the move is set to fail

It seems a fact of corporate life that broad-based international regulations will draw substantial criticism. But the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) proposed cross-border rules under Title VII of Dodd-Frank are of particular concern.

Investigations into nine of the 10 brokerages submitting three-month rates for South Korea's certificate of deposit rates (CD rates) prompted the country's Financial Services Commission (FSC) to introduce the benchmark Cost of Funds Index (Cofix) for short-term lending rates. But there are issues with Cofix setting, too.

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

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

Tetsuya Itoh of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune examines the factors to consider when choosing a Japanese-law vehicle for a securitisation transaction

The recent $104 million loan supporting the Aratinga wood-to-energy greenfield project on Brazil's east coast signals the beginning of a new era for project finance, according to local lawyers