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Regulation and risk management expert Bozena Gulija examines how methods and regulatory approaches have evolved when it comes to this category of risk

IFLR’s latest poll examines the good, the bad and possible areas of improvement for the Bond and Stock Connect initiatives

Pierre-Alain Bouhénic Maryna Hritsyshyna In Belgium, Ukrainian firm Asters, which earlier this year hired most of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners' Kyiv office, became the first firm from its country to open in Brussels, launching a representative office in the city.

Receivership is an important weapon in the arsenal of any commercial litigator

The Colombian private equity industry is expanding its boundaries to attract new investors. Local pension funds are increasingly cautious about committing additional capital to new funds given that they are reaching the limits stated in the local investment regime, and they are waiting to review the performance of funds that are reaching their full term.

Throughout history, money laundering has been used in various criminal areas, such as drug trafficking, terrorism, and investment and banking fraud. The subjects practising such activities usually seek out nations that have weak regulation and supervision of these matters.

On June 8 2018, the Act to Partially Amend the Consumer Contract Act (Amendment) was published by the Japanese Diet and is scheduled to come into force on June 15 2019. The Consumer Contract Act is intended to protect the interests of consumers, and address circumstances of disparity in the quantity and quality of information and bargaining power between consumers and business operators. The Amendment, among other things, sets forth the circumstances where a contract may be unilaterally cancelled or where unreasonable clauses may be considered invalid.

Over the past decade, the real estate market in Colombia has grown tremendously and new horizons have opened for investors, including in the urban renovation and real estate project segments, renewable energy, and public private partnerships (PPPs) generally.

Offshore activities in Macau are ruled by Decree-Law 58/99/M (the offshore regime). Under this Law, such activities are categorised into financial and non-financial offshore operations, under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) and the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), respectively.

Saudi Arabia’s new law introduces a framework for the winding down of distressed businesses in the country for the first time