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The Companies (Amending) Number 3 Law of 2017 was published in the Official Gazette on June 2 2017. It transposes the provisions of directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 22 2014 amending directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups.

In 2016, the Philippine banking system was at the centre of an unprecedented cyberheist where $81 million supposedly stolen from the Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, ended up in the Philippine financial system and was eventually lost in the blossoming casino industry. The natural question would be whether the people who allowed the entry and movement of the funds had any liability under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

The ripple effects of the UK’s decision to leave the EU are being felt globally, including in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which are seeing renewed demand for their alternative stock market option

First published by the Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code in February 2014, the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors – Japan's Stewardship Code experienced its first amendment on May 29 2017.

The Republic of Panama has signed over 10 tax information exchange agreements (TIEA) with countries such as Canada, Finland, Denmark, the US, and Japan, eight of which are in force. The majority of Panama's signed TIEAs contain an exchange of information clause upon request.

Developed countries have built the required infrastructure in most of the various sectors, including ports, railways, energy and sanitation. There is a sector that has been consistently growing in recent years, one which is in constant evolution and which continues to advance in leaps and bounds: the technology sector.

Motorways and expressways have long been viewed as a means of attracting investment and advancing the economic situation of the given locality. The construction of motorways is, however, a costly and time-consuming endeavour right from the very beginning in the authorisation process phase, and the entire process is rife with problems. New legislation came into force in early June 2017 in an effort to promote the construction of motorways. It is intended to reduce the time required for the authorisation process.

Dieter Grünblatt, Stefan Kramer and Benedikt Maurenbrecher of Homburger explore structuring options for international and domestic covered bonds involving a Swiss issuer

The ambitious long-term infrastructure development plans of Middle Eastern governments and related funding requirements, together with sustained low oil prices and the resulting volatility in regional liquidity, may finally have produced the right climate for Islamic securitisation to grow

The EU legislation is keeping market participants from New York to New Delhi up at night