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On March 24, China's biggest operator of dairy farms, Huishan, saw its Hong Kong Stock Exchange-traded shares tumble by more than 990%, triggering an immediate delisting.

Two major credit rating agencies have downgraded South Africa's debt to junk status, triggering fears of a capital flight and sending borrowing costs spiralling for the continent's most developed nation. More agencies could go down the same route in the next few weeks.

A new avenue has been opened up for Indian issuers to raise rupee-denominated bonds from the international debt capital markets

Colombia's most ambitious infrastructure programme commenced in 2012 with the enactment of Law 1508, which introduced public-private partnerships (PPPs). Later in 2013, the government launched its fourth-generation toll road programme (4G), the largest infrastructure programme in Colombia, aimed at reducing the country's lag in toll road infrastructure while promoting its development.

The lighter side of the past month in the world of financial law

On March 3 2017, the bills for amending the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (the Amendment Bills) were submitted to the Diet. They set out some basic rules surrounding the fair disclosure rule, the introduction of which is in line with an international trend – the US and EU have already introduced similar disclosure rules. The main purpose of the fair disclosure rule is to ensure that when a company provides inside information to a third party before its public disclosure, such information is also provided to other investors.

The reappearance of commercial real estate transactions has been facilitated by an increasingly flexible regulatory regime and favourable macroeconomic conditions

In many cases, what's ethical isn't economically viable – the opposite rings true as well. But sometimes it's in the economic interest of everyone involved to act ethically and take the road less travelled. And it would appear that when fossil fuels are involved, this is more pertinent in Norway and the Netherlands than in the US.

Meredith Mackey Headlining US news has been the relocation of three different teams.

If an investment bank facilitates the meeting of a fund manager and a company it is possibly interested in investing in, should the investment bank be paid for that? And who should pay for it, the company receiving the investment, the fund manager doing the investing, or the client whose money is being invested? What about if the bank isn't really involved in the meeting – it's just arranging the logistics and maybe booking a taxi? Is that different from a full-fledged tour of the farm? And how much should it cost?