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Managers could benefit from the extension of the current EU passporting regime. Work is underway to develop a suitable regulatory framework

Islamic finance structures are increasingly being used for renewable energy projects across MENA. Here are the techniques to consider

Credit enhancement initiatives are restoring investor confidence, and helping boost infrastructure projects

Carlos Fradique-Méndez Sebastián Boada Morales Virtual currencies have become increasingly important in recent years. Having analysed both the potential benefits and pitfalls, regulators must now decide how they will deal with the issue. A recent study from the International Monetary Fund describes virtual currencies as "difficult to regulate and opaque". It further states that they operate outside of the conventional financial system.

Rafael Baleroni Amanda Sobreira Arêas The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, also known as the Apostille Convention, was enacted in Brazil on February 1 2016. It became valid before all signatory countries on August 14 2016.

China is considering reforming its volatile IPO market. But the 2015 market crash has made the nation more cautious

In the aftermath of the 2009 global financial crisis, international financial regulatory bodies such as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision scrambled for answers to one key question: what caused the crisis. Although there were many causes, regulators uniformly concluded that a lack of sound corporate governance practices was one of the root causes of the crisis. It was said that boards of directors that were asleep at the helm, so-called runaway CEOs, figurehead audit and risk committees, and a lack of checks on moral hazard, were to blame for many of the problems.

Loan asset holders are faced with risks when a distressed lender can’t meet its funding obligations. But there are ways to mitigate the dangers

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

Andrew M Garbarski In a recent milestone decision dated May 24 2016 (decision 6B_503/2015), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFSC) held, for the first time, that the duty of financial intermediaries to report suspicions of money laundering may extend beyond the end of the relevant business relationship.