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With the US forecasted to overtake rivals Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world's leading oil producer by 2017 – and continued US dominance of worldwide natural gas production – lawyers expect furious battles on the sector's regulation in 2013.

As a means of raising capital for investment in UK industry, equity markets no longer register on the radar screen of significance. But UK economist John Kay remains hopeful the market can be resurrected. Here's how.

2013 could be the year that consensus on the best approach to reform the UK's banking sector is finally achieved. Here's why

Supervisors have taken an increasing interest in structured products recently. But regulating complexity isn’t easy

The lack of a coherent English law doctrine of lenders’ liability means US investors need to take care

After flooding regulators with comment letters, the market was hoping for a more flexible Volcker Rule. All indications suggest that will not be the case

There was renewed buzz around contingent convertible capital instruments (CoCos) last year, off the back of impressive issuances by UBS and Barclays. The permanent write-down – rather than conversion to equity – adopted in both deals led to speculation of a new breed of CoCo. But these deals represent just one of many twists to the classic CoCo concept that will appear this year.

The Brazilian government has in the last few years announced some important programmes to increase investments in the infrastructure sector in the country. Most of the investments proposed in these infrastructure programmes are to be made by the private sector, especially those related to airports, railways, energy, and others. In many projects the government expects that the private sector will invest and subsequently operate the relevant project under a concession or public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement.

The British bank’s contingent capital offering proved a hit with investors. But its competitors are a little more wary

The bank reorganisation navigated local law issues surrounding subordination and cram-downs