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The European Commission’s head of unit for the Capital Markets Union Tatyana Panova talks exclusively to IFLR reporter Jimmie Franklin on the ambitious project’s achievements so far

Is it possible for the "vampire squid" of social networks to solve the global unbanked problem?

The independence of certain credit rating firms in India is concerning many. Stronger governance structures and regulatory oversight is needed

Ahead of the International Bar Association’s annual conference in Seoul, South Korea in September, we look at the most influential dealmakers across the Asia Pacific region

IFLR collaborates with Practice Insight to gauge market sentiment on the secured overnight financing rate's progress as the NY Fed looks to replace USD Libor

Name Country Moved from Moved to Practice area Maria da Paz Tierno Lopes Brazil Cuatrecasas BMA - Barbosa Müssnich Aragão Corporate and M&A Luana Komatsu Falkenburger Brazil Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados Dias Carneiro Advogados Banking and finance, Corporate and M&A Matías Langevin Chile Morales & Besa Honorato Delaveau Corporate and M&A Óscar Trelles Peru Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International Cuatrecasas Banking and finance, Corporate and M&A Charles Yi US FDIC Arnold & Porter Financial services regulatory David Bartz US Bracewell Butler Snow Corporate and M&A Sarah Chambless US Manatt Phelps & Phillips Fenwick & West Corporate and M&A Jeff Chester US Morrison & Foerster Greenberg Traurig Project development Darcy White US Paul Hastings Jones Day Corporate and M&A David Klein US Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Kirkland & Ellis Corporate and M&A Pawel Chudzicki US K&L Gates Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone Corporate and M&A Władek Rzycki US K&L Gates Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone Corporate and M&A Adam Brown US Hogan Lovells Paul Hastings Private equity Sarah Stasny US Kirkland & Ellis Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Private equity Shaalu Mehra US Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Corporate and M&A Michael Ringler US Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Corporate and M&A

Regulation and risk management expert Bozena Gulija assesses the Basel Committee’s progress so far and highlights key challenges ahead

Encouraging capital market growth while protecting investors is a delicate balancing act. The Capital Markets Union shows that regulators are trying

The Democrat candidate most likely to shake things up for IFLR readers has had her eye on financial services for a while now

Like most financial engineering techniques, securitisation is not without risk. The complexity inherent in securitisation can impair investors' ability to monitor risk, and competitive securitisation markets are prone to sharp declines in underwriting standards. Furthermore, off-balance sheet accounting treatment for securitisations coupled with guarantees from the issuer can make it challenging to assess exposures, encouraging issuers to take on excessive credit risk. Even the most ardent advocates of securitisation would accept that securitisation played an important role in the US subprime mortgage crisis that led to the global financial crisis of 2008.