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The autonomous region's new resolution regime should smooth the way for wind-downs. Here’s how it would work in practice

There are calls for the regulatory focus in the financial services industry to shift away from the authorisation of products towards the needs of investors

Yuta Mizuno Amendments to the rules concerning the treatment of employees under certain types of corporate reorganisations came into force in Japan on September 1 2016.

Rodrigo Taboada Ana Carolina Álvarez On October 6 2016, the Nicaraguan Congress approved the Ley de Garantías Mobiliarias (the Law of Security on Movable Assets). This has been described as a legal instrument that will, among providing other benefits, enable small producers, and micro- and medium-sized companies to access bank credit and micro finance institutions using their own assets as security. This will be done through the subscription of a written agreement between the grantor and the creditor that may be in a public, private or electronic document.

Franco Aristotle G Larcina Arlene M Maneja On August 31 2016, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) issued a new merger notification form, which applies to notification submissions from September 1 2016. Below are the noteworthy new requirements.

João Nuno Riquito Rui Filipe Oliveira In line with the recent regulatory tendency to focus on the real estate property market, the Macau government has prepared new legislation to regulate the management of a condominium's common areas.

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

The European Commission's proposals for the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD V) have been deemed by some as a retaliatory response to US regulatory standards. But Clifford Chance's Simon Gleeson believes the proposals will not substantially damage US banks with operations in the EU.

Joseph Condo In a major shakeup in central America, global law firm DENTONS announced a proposal to open offices in central America through a combination with MUÑOZ GLOBAL. The Costa Rican-based Muñoz brothers, José Antonio Muñoz and Pedro Muñoz, have split from leading firm Arias & Muñoz, which will now be known simply as ARIAS. Muñoz Global will also have offices in Panama and Nicaragua. Gisela Alvarez de Porras will act as managing partner of the Panama office, having previously acted as managing partner of Arias & Muñoz's Panama office, but left the firm in April 2016 to serve on an Advisory Committee of Independent Experts for the Government of Panama to review financial practices. The partnership for the Nicaragua office is yet to be announced.

Inconsistent legislation and home-grown commercial specificities mean investors need to factor the risk of entering India into their deals