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The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to allow Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) to invest in credit default swaps (CDS) related to their underlying exposure in credit securities came with an undeniable degree of caution.

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure’s renminbi bond L-R: Maples and Calder's Christine Chang, Candy Lau of Woo Kwan Lee & Ko, Terry Cheng, Lana Chong and Richard Law from Hopewell Highway Hopewell Highway Infrastructure's June 2010 corporate bond took renminbi bonds international as the Hong Kong-based toll-road company became the first foreign corporate to raise renminbi outside of China.

Nippon Mining/ Nippon Oil L-R: Chun Wei of Sullivan & Cromwell, Davis Polk's Jeremy Entwisle, Shearman's Matthew Bersani, Tomohiro Tsuchiya and Hiroko Yotsumoto of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Gordon Milner of Morrisson & Foerster Nippon Oil's management integration with Nippon Mining Holdings was one of the largest and most complex M&A transactions in Japanese history.

Ukreximbank's Euroclearable, hryvnia-denominated bond shows it is possible for emerging market companies to access the international markets directly through a purely local currency issue

Financial institutions may have to provide more margin to clearers under a plan by global regulators to reduce central counterparty credit risk in crisis scenarios.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has come out against covered bond legislation proposed by US Representatives Scott Garrett and Carolyn Maloney, releasing a statement letter expressing its "significant concerns".

Andromeda Finance project bond L-R: Carson Welsh of Linklaters, Tim Conduit and Chris Wall of Allen & Overy The framework for securitisation deals in Italy is set up for residential mortgage-backed securities, so structuring a project bond under Italian law was always going to be a challenge.

This year’s IFLR Asia awards saw 200 in-house counsel and private practitioners gather at Hong Kong’s Island Shangri-La Hotel on March 3rd to watch Linklaters scoop international law firm of the year, Allen & Overy secure the debt and equity-linked team, M&A team, and pro bono firm of the year, and Freshfields win the prestigious China practice award, which rewards international firms for their innovation within China.

Investors in South African high yield want local market covenants to be less complex and offer more protection than New York-law precedents

GN Power Mariveles Project L-R: Maples and Calders’ Lorraine Pao, Ricky Fong and Eleanor Lam of Latham & Watkins, Jose Hofilena of Sycip, Gary Wigmore, Desiree Woo and Sungjin Kang of Milbank Tweed, Arwel Lewis of Walkers, Roger Lui of Allen & Overy The GNPower Mariveles Project was designed and constructed by Chinese power plant contractor, China National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC), on a turnkey basis and received buyer credit financing from China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) with political and commercial risk cover provided by China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure).