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Is green striping the future of green bonds?

Diversity in the environmental asset class is suffering from high minimum issuance sizes and monitoring costs. Green striping could be the solution

August 22 2016

European certain funds aren't certain enough

Buyers looking to finance acquisitions in government-run auctions are finding their commitment letters under increasing scrutiny

August 22 2016

EU resolution inconsistencies examined

The BRRD’s lack of prescriptive approach could be a reason EU member states have differing views on recovery and resolution strategies for their banks

August 22 2016

Colombia: 4G projects

Carlos Fradique-Méndez Clara Robledo-Sánchez Colombia's fourth generation of toll-road projects is nearing completion. Since May this year, seven projects have announced that they reached financial close.

August 22 2016

Switzerland: Reverse break fees

Urs Kägi Daniel Küpfer In public M&A deals, bidding and target companies often agree on payments in the event that the deal cannot close. Payments from the target to the bidder are known as (direct) break fees. Reverse break fees are payments from the bidder to the target. Both types of fee serve to protect the deal and to control parties' behaviour.

August 22 2016

The Asian clean up

In the second part of this month’s cover story on NPLs, attempts in China to tackle the problem are revealed. But the country may be better off following India’s lead

August 22 2016

Brazil: State-owned enterprises

Carlos Augusto Junqueira Eduardo Abrantes Recent investigations into a high-profile corruption scandal in Brazil have spurred discussions surrounding the quality of the management of the country's state-owned enterprises (SOEs). These discussions mainly focus on the nomination of public office candidates by political patronage. As a result, federal Law 13.303, published on July 1 2016, creates a new regime for SOEs that play a role in strategic sectors of Brazil's economy.

August 22 2016

Cyprus: Transparency rules

Elias Neocleous In April 2016, four months after the required date, Cyprus implemented Directive 2013/50/EU of October 22 2013 (the Amending Directive). The Transparency Requirements (Transferable Securities Trading on Regulated Market) (Amendment) Law of 2016 amends the Transparency Requirements (Traded Securities in Regulated Market) Laws of 2007 to 2014 to transpose the Amending Directive into domestic law.

August 22 2016

Closing conditions

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

August 22 2016

Vietnam: Offshore issuances

Nguyen Hoang Ly On December 31 2015, the State Bank of Vietnam issued Circular 40, which regulates the opening and use of capital accounts denominated in Vietnamese Dong (VND) for the offshore issuance of securities in Vietnam.

August 22 2016

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