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In this month's quick poll, IFLR asks if risk disclosures in emerging market prospectuses have become too extensive. Vote here

All the chapters from IFLR's Nigeria annual review 2012 are available to view in e-book format

Although RMB internationalisation might occur by 2015, market participants must consider the distinctions between onshore and offshore renminbi

MHM - Sociedade de Advogados Address

Institutional investors are set to lend $25 billion to European projects in 2013. But the shadow banking rules are threatening the future of these funds

Myanmar has opened a highly anticipated auction of 33 oil and gas blocks, including deepwater blocks for the first time. Although it is the country’s most developed sector, foreign bidders are tipped to encounter significant political risk

Lawyers in Europe have predicted a decline in tier 2 issuances as banks work to meet Basel III’s capital quality requirements

SEC’s landmark sukuk confirms the growing acceptability of the product in the international market. But it seems likely that only quasi-sovereigns will succeed in securing longer tenors - for now at least

The final draft of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) has widened the proposed definition of assets considered as top class regulatory capital. Certain covered bonds could now be treated as tier 1 capital, alongside sovereign bonds.

Start again. That was the message last month from the Bank of England's financial stability head, Andrew Haldane. For too long regulators had reacted to problems that emerge by papering over cracks one at a time, Haldane complained in his acceptance speech for this year's IFLR European Regulatory Contribution Award. This has inevitably led to a regulatory patchwork of make-do-and-mend. "History locks in the idiosyncrasies and complexities of the past, generating a steadily rising tide of red tape," he explained.