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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

After months of speculation and uncertainty, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is officially up and running. The scheme, which is the second of its kind, was officially launched on December 5, linking the two bourses for the first time since the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was opened in 1991. It will allow international and Hong Kong investors to trade in 881 Shenzhen-listed stocks up to a quota of RMB13 billion ($1.89 billion), while PRC investors will have access to 417 Hong Kong-listed stocks and be subject to a daily quota of RMB10.5 billion.

France's new anti-corruption law has been heralded as a small revolution in the battle against white collar crime. It also indicates a growth in French extraterritoriality to rival the US and UK's treatment of corrupt practices.

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

When the UK's Tesco Bank was hacked in November, and the criminals made away with £2.5 million ($3.1 million) from 9,000 customer accounts, it was called the worst cyber-attack in British banking history. The firm's response involved a call to other banks to work together as an industry, to protect consumers and the financial system as a whole.

Jeremy Cunningham Andrew Yang Dannelle Howley There have been some interesting recent developments in the legal markets in Asia-Pacific, with firms making moves that reveal their local and international strategies. In Hong Kong, CLIFFORD CHANCE hired corporate partner Frank Yuen from independent firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo to enhance its offering to local clients. Yuen is focused on Hong Kong listings and related public mergers and acquisitions. Last year he acted for billionaire Li Ka-shing on a major reorganisation of his $97 billion business empire.

China may have made a comeback in credit-risk mitigation products by launching its first batch of credit default swaps (CDS) but pricing them will be impossible without an auction mechanism in place.

Asset managers in the UK are readying themselves for a new individual accountability regime previously only applicable to senior staff members at banks, and for some – particularly international-facing businesses – governance structures will have to be overhauled.