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Banks provide equity bridge finance Banks are now providing equity bridge finance alongside traditional secured lending to private equity buyers.

The issuance of Saudi Arabia's first international sukuk was announced last month by one of the kingdom's largest real estate developers, Dar Al-Arkan.

Betting on a bust: loan CDS market to eclipse CLOs A US public loan-only credit default swap (LCDS) index could be in place by May.

A decision on class certification is overturned

Equity The listing of Samling Global, a Malaysian forest resource and wood products company, has raised HK$2.18 billion ($280 million). It is hoped that the transaction will start a trend of smaller Asian countries listing in Hong Kong. "We see the Samling IPO as further confirmation of Hong Kong's standing in Asian capital markets," said Tommy Tong, corporate partner at Herbert Smith. "Over the past few years mainland issues have tended to dominate the headlines. We expect to see an increasing number of IPOs from countries like Malaysia that are keen to access the liquidity and participate in a very active market."

French private equity gets political

Japanese accountancy undermines itself

Investors in the UAE should be aware that Federal Law 17 of 2004 on the Combating of Commercial Concealment comes into effect from November this year. This law seeks to end what is currently a very common method by which overseas investors seek to conduct their business in the UAE.

Bharat Vasani of Tata Group explains why Indian companies lack both internal and external counsel

Spain keeps a local lending quirk intact