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A public-private partnership of sorts, it’s the first UK Reit to offer LSE investors direct exposure to social housing

The issuer says it sees appetite among investors, but others are less enthusiastic about the potential scale of the new market

Proposed rules to prevent public clearing house bailouts were well overdue. But uncertainties remain on how they will resolve potential defaults in practice

The combination provides the template for a successful Africa exit by a financial investor as multinationals bet on the region’s growing middle class

In case you missed it, here's how Libor, the Fed and more have impacted corporates in 2016

IFLR's poll this month asks which legislation is set to have the biggest impact on the EU asset management sector

China has not yet issued formal guidance on foreign issuances on its onshore market

The Indian government wants its population to be less reliant on cash

And so 2016 draws to a close. The financial world is not a significantly different place to what it was a year ago but there is a sense that changes are imminent. While there has been much debate, speculation and even fear surrounding the UK's exit from the EU and the election of a businessman to govern the US, the moment when concrete plans are to be set in motion has not yet even happened. Brexit and Trump – two of the most significant words of 2016 – are set to make their mark even more profoundly next year. The first one by posing legal and regulatory questions that the EU has so far never in its history had to answer, the second by promising to 'make America great again'.

Ahmed Shibeer In the Balkans, a number of firms announced alliances or firm acquisitions. In Serbia GECIĆ LAW acquired Colic Law Office, an M&A and litigation boutique with Ognjen Colic taking up the role of head of corporate. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, KARANOVIĆ & NIKOLIĆ announced its expansion into the Republic of Srpska through a cooperation with Banja Luka based Goran Babic, a finance partner and former lawyer at Hypo Alpe Adria. Finally DIMITRIJEVIĆ & PARTNERS (Bosnia and Herzegovina), ŽURIĆ & PARTNERS (Croatia) and BOJOVIĆ & PARTNERS (Serbia) formed a new alliance – SOUTH EAST LEGAL ALLIANCE (SELA) – in the Balkans.