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When British dental company Mydentist issued its £425 million high yield bond on August 5, the UK's debt markets and its commentariat should have been celebrating. The firm had just sold the first sterling bonds since the UK voted to leave the EU on June 23, signalling that British issuers could still price a deal in an apparently apocalyptic environment.

To paraphrase that old foe of capitalism Leon Trotsky, you may not be interested in financial crises, but financial crises are certainly interested in you.

Eighteen months on from its inception, Europe's single supervisory mechanism (SSM) has been hailed an overall success – although not without a few teething problems.

Samsung Asset Management's successful launch of Hong Kong's first inverse and leveraged products this summer overcame a series of challenging risk assessment and disclosure tests.

Final SEC guidance on cross-border SBSs is likely to ease concerns surrounding reporting duties and compliance with the SEC’s Regulation SBSR

Joyce Chan The region has been active on the lateral hires front in Hong Kong as offshore firm WALKERS added corporate partner James Webb from Mourant Ozannes. In other moves, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES brought in William Hay from Baring Private Equity Asia to strengthen its private equity practice, while capital markets partner Liang Tao left Davis Polk & Wardwell for ALLEN & OVERY and Simon McKnight exited Linklaters for SIMMONS & SIMMONS. Christopher Knight from DLA Piper joined AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD's investment funds practice and CLYDE & CO hired corporate partner Joyce Chan from DLA Piper.

On July 21 China's army of cash-loaded corporates met with yet more resistance within the US.

Investors now need a complete risk profile Sustainability due diligence on IPOs is gaining ground on the traditional disclosure of financial, legal, tax and accounting information. The assessment of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities is now an integral part of the IPO process, according to PwC.

Brazil needs Dip financing now

The SEC still has some work to do to finalise its framework for SBS dealer registration but firms should set compliance plans in motion