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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

US presidential hopefuls are contemplating reinstating the act in response to the government’s handling of the 2008 financial crisis. It would be a mistake

As defaults soar, foreign creditors need a proactive strategy to survive court supervised restructurings in the country