Search results for

IFLR puts the concerns of Asia's minibond victims to the SFC in Hong Kong

Castellon returns to Citi Peter Castellon has left Baker & McKenzie in London to rejoin Citigroup.

New interest in dual-track offerings for private equity exits means owners must be careful whom they disclose key financial information to

I love the IFLR awards process. Every year the journalists in London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai analyse which international deals demonstrated real legal innovation. Which ones will set precedents for the future, establishing models that all future deals will have to follow. In terms of legal structuring, this is the future mapped out.

French conciliation proceedings are morphing successfully into aids to distressed M&A. Here's why

The scope of regulation to impose living wills in the UK and the US reaches much further than originally planned. Lawyers are worried it could change the way that banks are structured, and tie up essential capital reserves

How bank capital rules in the US will affect structured finance

Six tips for avoiding complaints about settlement procedure, and having to do the process all over again

On November 24 2009, the law On Amending Some Laws of Ukraine to Overcome the Negative Consequences of the Financial Crisis 1533-VI, dated June 23 2009 (the Anti-Recession Law), took effect, pursuant to which regulatory barriers are created for foreign trade, financing and foreign investment into Ukraine.

Since the outbreak of the subprime crisis in mid 2007, the world's financial markets have suffered unprecedented turmoil. Many banks, even large institutions that had previously been considered icons of stability, failed or had to be rescued or nationalised by their governments. The financial crisis has prompted regulators in the US and Europe to reexamine how much capital is enough capital for banks. Regulators generally agree that banks were too highly leveraged and that, in the future, banks should be required to have more capital. Discussion has turned to contingent capital (another form of hybrid capital) as a necessary component of capital going forward.