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China needs more hedging tools

Market participants have expressed concern about the lack of hedging tools available onshore for foreign investors tapping China's domestic derivatives market.

July 11 2016

Asia/Pacific

Peter Bullock Sammy Li Colin Rice Hong Kong's legal market has seen huge movement this month. HOGAN LOVELLS strengthened its Hong Kong office with the hires of Paul Hastings' office head Sammy Li and DLA Piper's global head of US capital markets Stephen Peepels.

July 11 2016

Europe: Carry on Britain

Throughout the run-up to the UK's historic referendum on membership of the European Union, the Leave campaign had a few catchphrases. While 'take back control' had a special ring to it, another popular one was all about EU red tape. Personal feelings as to whether one was in or out aside, calls for a rule reassessment must have been music to many bankers' ears. Red tape has been their nemesis since long before the crisis, though the pace has certainly quickened significantly in the years since.

July 11 2016

Europe Middle East and Africa

Mark Rawlinson In Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbian firm SAMARDŽIĆ OREŠKI & GRBOVIĆ opened an office in the country. Ana Grubač and Jovana Pušac will lead the operation.

July 11 2016

Americas

This month saw a number of lateral moves in the US. The biggest head turner was the defection of the entire public finance team from Sidley Austin to NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT (NRF) in May. Of the six partners who made the move, Larry Bauer and Matt Hughey joined NRF's New York office, Peter Canzano the DC office, and Jerry McGovern, Eric Tashman, and Cliff Gerber the San Francisco office.

July 11 2016

How Asian OTC derivatives reporting regimes compare

In the first part of a three part series, a senior lawyer at a US investment bank in Asia analyses the divergent regimes for OTC reporting in Hong Kong and Singapore

IFLR Correspondent, July 11 2016

Editorial: The day after the vote

On Friday June 24, the morning after the British electorate voted to leave the EU, we began to call people for reaction to the news and its impact on London's banks. The contacts were of a type: highly-educated, white, metropolitan – mostly male; exactly the demographic that voted to remain in the EU the previous day.

July 11 2016

Americas: Brexit’s US lessons

US counsel watching the fallout of Brexit may be stunned. They may not. Mainly, they'll be wondering what it all means for tomorrow. And so a frantic searching for clues begins, a somewhat sorry exercise in examining a set of seemingly withered British tealeaves.

July 11 2016

SEC explores buyside stress tests

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering how best to implement Dodd-Frank's insistence on measuring the systemic risk of funds with stress tests. US counsel believe a one-size-fits all approach is unlikely to work.

Edward Price, July 11 2016

CFTC adopts margin rule

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted a final rule for applying its uncleared swap margin requirements in cross-border transactions.

July 11 2016

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