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Myanmar capital markets: what to expect

Although the Yangon Stock Exchange is not scheduled to open until 2015, Myanmar’s nascent OTC market has already drawn foreign investor interest

Ashley Lee, June 26 2013

Impact Exchange: how it will change investing

The Impact Exchange was launched on June 14. As the first platform solely for social enterprises to raise capital, it represents a new opportunity for impact investors

Ashley Lee, June 26 2013

IFLR Extraterritorial Regulation Survey 2013: the e-book

Growth in extraterritorial regulation has escalated exponentially since the financial crisis. IFLR's inaugural global Extraterritorial Regulation Survey provides clarification on regulatory developments in unfamiliar jurisdictions

June 30 2013

The flaws of Europe’s LTIF framework

To ease companies’ access to finance and champion alternative sources of lending to the real economy, the EC recently proposed a scheme for private European long-term investment funds. But there are notable flaws in the framework

July 04 2013

Focus Media take-private explained

Focus Media was the biggest US-listed ChinaCo take-private and the biggest China LBO. Its heavily-negotiated documents will set a template for smaller take-privates

Ashley Lee, July 03 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Borsa Istanbul CEO on strategic partnership

Borsa Istanbul has named OMX Nasdaq as its strategic partner. Speaking exclusively with IFLR, the Turkish exchange’s CEO, Dr Ibrahim M Turhan, shared his hopes for the tie-up

Danielle Myles, July 02 2013

US securities litigation moves to Japan

US institutional investors are increasingly turning to Japanese courts for securities litigation. it coincides with the country's moves to introduce a class action system

Ashley Lee, July 02 2013

Do EU hybrid rules give US competitive edge?

The implementation of Basel III in Europe risks leaving regional banks at a disadvantage when it comes to competition for capital

July 07 2013

How Sadara-Dow will transform Saudi chemicals market

The main financing for Sadara Chemical Company’s project financing has just completed. The deal is the biggest of its kind and is set to transform the Middle East’s petrochemicals sector

July 08 2013

Asia Pacific: Emir: Asian OTC’s latest threat

For the last 12 months, Asian market participants have voiced their opinions – mostly negative – about the cross-border reach of the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) plan to regulate the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market. Now, however, the extraterritorial provisions of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir) suddenly seem much more threatening.

July 09 2013

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