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Malaysia has set a clear path for how it wishes to build and improve its financial industry and its capital markets. The country's 300-page Capital Markets Masterplan lays out improvements and recommendations some of which have been achieved already, others of which require further attention. In key areas such as Islamic finance, the government has entered the market as an issuer to aid progress. Meanwhile, in mergers and acquisitions, as in many other areas of financial and corporate activity, Malaysian authorities are lowering barriers to foreign investors. The articles on the following pages examine some of these issues in detail.

Regulators in Malaysia are sticking to their plans to lead innovation in Islamic capital markets. So far these seem to be working. Nik Ramlah Nik Mahmood of the Securities Commission spoke to Rob Mannix about progress

Agnese Jauntirane and Janis Loze of Loze & Partners outline the general procedure for reorganization in Latvia

By Egons Pikelis of Klavins & Slaidins LAWIN, Anton Sigal of Lepik & Luhaaar LAWIN, and Laimonas Skibarka and Sergej Butov of Lideika Petrauskas Valiunas ir Partneriai LAWIN

Charles Temkin of Shaw Pittman explains why complex and sometimes petty regulations can trip the unsuspecting, and can even lead to the loss of Reit status

The Real Estate Securitization Law creates a solid base for Taiwan’s nascent Reits market. Abe Tien-Shiang Sung and Sherry Shiou-Ling Lin of Lee and Li explain how the legislation works

Up to now, quasi-Reits have operated in China but not without limitations. New legislation should lift some of the restrictions holding the market back. By David Yu and Richard Nie of Llinks Law Office

France has introduced a tax regime that will allow the country's new non-listed real estate collective investment schemes to flourish. By Frédéric Nouel of Gide Loyrette Nouel

Toshifumi Ueda explains how the UK's whole-business securitization structure can be adapted for the Japanese market

Despite increasing demand for power in Italy, investors are reluctant to finance the country's power projects. Paolo Esposito of Allen & Overy looks at why they are so hesitant