Search results for

The Swiss Bankers Association is calling on the government to consider all options if equivalence is not granted for its alternatives to the directive

China and Hong Kong are strengthening coordination of regulatory enforcement for their capital markets

The US pharmacy company has agreed a large breakup fee should the deal fall through, suggesting confidence that it will proceed unscathed

Uncertainty around the UK’s future relationship with the EU is believed to have affected M&A activity. Clarity is needed to ensure levels pick up again

The commodities trader has financed its inventory using capital markets, in response to tighter capital requirements under Basel III

The CBOE exchange listing has again raised the discussion that cryptocurrencies should be regulated

Dentons' international expansion shows no signs of stopping with the firm launching a new office in Melbourne. The new location will be headed up by Nick Stretch who joins the firm with a team of three other partners.

Will 2018 bring yet more uncertainty, or will the global economy come back down to earth?

There have been many large non-performing loan (NPL) sales in Spain, particularly in the past five years. The trigger was undoubtedly the setting up of the Spanish bad bank (Sareb) and the transfer of €51 billion ($61 billion) of impaired assets (loans with mortgage collateral and real estate properties). Since 2012, Sareb has been very active selling NPL portfolios to institutional investors through competitive sale processes and there is still a nine-year period left to sell them all (with more than €39 billion still remaining). More recently, Sareb has launched an online platform so investors can also bid for the NPLs on an individual basis.Borrowers are also becoming increasingly interested in acquiring debt at a discount through funds from alternative providers.

As of January 1 2017, the amendment to the Slovak Commercial Code introduced a new corporate form – the simple joint-stock company (JSA). It is a simpler form of the joint-stock company with some specific features, including: reduced share capital of a minimum of just €1 ($1.20); the possibility of a one-person board of directors; the ability to issue various classes of shares; and, the ability to agree on an exit from the company. Two new statutory concepts were also introduced: the shareholders' agreement and option rights in the sale of shares.