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Will there be any piece of Obama administration legislation left when Donald Trump decides to end his regulatory rollback? Healthcare, environmental and trade rules have so far been given a significant haircut, but financial regulation is undergoing one of the most significant and high-profile dissolutions.

Will China’s appetite for e-money overcome regulatory restrictions? China is poised to join the ranks of countries with their own sovereign-backed digital currency platforms, with this new medium expected to be leveraged to combat money laundering and tax transparency issues. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) successfully completed a test application of a blockchain-supported digital currency developed on transactions and settlements of bank acceptance bills in December. The central bank has also announced plans to launch a digital currency research institute to develop big data systems, cryptography and blockchain technology.

The government's Brexit white paper has hinted that the UK could adopt a form of third country status for financial services. But it falls short of providing any additional detail on what the UK's relationship with the EU would look like.

In Australia, ASHURST in Melbourne recruited M&A partners John Brewster and Shane Kyriakou from Clayton Utz and Herbert Smith Freehills respectively. K&L GATES strengthened its corporate and transactional team with the hire of Matthew Cridland from DLA Piper as a partner in its Sydney office. JONES DAY hired Andrew Smith in Brisbane – he joined as a partner in the firm's energy practice from Clayton Utz.

The FSB wants to make global asset management a safer place

The issuance of Egypt's largest ever eurobond and the first triple-tranche instrument to come out of Africa will support the country's extensive economic reform progamme.

Hu Wenchi Arguably the most high-profile hire in the US recently saw ROPES & GRAY adding Paul Scrivano as head of its global M&A practice. Scrivano joined from O'Melveny & Myers, and will split his time between New York, San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

The attention following President Trump's February 3 executive order on financial regulation focused squarely on the clear threats to Dodd-Frank. Understandably so: Trump campaigned on a promise to repeal it, and spent much of his pre-signing briefing bemoaning its (debatable) negative impact on US lending.

A plan mooted by the European Banking Authority's (EBA) chairman Andrea Enria to create an EU-wide designated fund for dealing with the continent's bad loan problems has been met with a lukewarm response.

Speculation surrounds both the reasons behind the failed bid and the populist threats to 2017's mega mergers