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The French government has provided the green bond market with some much-needed liquidity with its inaugural record-breaking €7 billion ($7.5 billion) deal.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) last week called for all hedging arrangements at share class level – with the exception of currency risk hedging – to be set up as separate funds or sub-funds.

Tech firm Snap's decision to go public with only no-vote shares on offer is a bold move that's unlikely to become a trend, despite the fears of some investors. The decision taken by the parent company of instant messaging app Snapchat has incensed investors, so much so that a number of US pension funds are in the process of writing Snap's executives a strongly-worded letter.

China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) shocked Hong Kong and mainland Chinese investors by recently allowing onshore PRC investors to participate in Hong Kong IPOs raised by Chinese companies as cornerstones – provided that they agree to a number of conditions.

Carlos Fradique-Méndez María Natalia Rodríguez Colombia's fourth generation infrastructure programme unveiled by the government back in 2013 and further developed in 2015, for the first time formally acknowledged and subtly introduced basic premises of project finance into the legal framework. The ambitious investment targeted intermodal transportation development. Since its structuring stage, it has entailed several alterations both to the applicable regulation and institutional behaviour. The official introduction of this specialised type of financing scheme through the PPP law (1508 of 2012) and infrastructure law (1682 of 2013) has proved its worth by attracting investors with a sophisticated appetite and achieving the closing of the majority of financing agreements.

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

The country recently implemented legislation to clamp down on tax evasion. Its effects are wide-ranging

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 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.

EU investors won a lengthy and hard-fought right in December when officials gave shareholders a greater say on director pay. This comes amid a rising tide of shareholders campaigning for more power over the workings of the companies they invest in, and it seems nowhere in the world is safe. Authorities also want to discourage short-term investments, a goal that's seen the introduction of additional voting rights for long-term shareholders in certain countries including France. They now want shareholders to take the reins on challenging companies from the regulators.