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Hong Kong counsel say clients are especially concerned about the absence of recourse to block exemptions

First Myanmar Investment made history last month, becoming the first company to list on the Yangon Stock Exchange

The practice is gaining traction in Hong Kong. A regulatory approach has been proposed, but can it manage investor risks?

Across the region’s most mature markets, regulators are approaching financial technology in very different ways

Kim & Chang’s Jun Hee Lee and Woo Young Hyun provide a comprehensive overview of Korea’s blossoming fintech market

The magic circle firm was named international firm of the year at last week's ceremony at The Savoy in London. Congratulations to all the teams and dealmakers recognised for their work over 2015

In case you missed it, all the highlights from yesterday's event at The Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London

The agreement is to be welcomed, but it remains to be seen how margin requirements for uncleared swaps will impact the market

So much talk from the top today is about regulatory convergence. Since long before the crisis, far-reaching, global rules have been set with the idea of bringing markets closer together. There's a school of thought that fully supports having the same rules set by the same rulemakers, from Ottawa to Auckland.

Any economy, over time and taken as a whole, looks great. That's the unassailable assertion of capitalism. Yes developed economies, and the world economy, are still prone to worrying imbalances. But didn't we all once live in wattle and daub hovels, surrounded by our precious chickens (for barter) and our even more precious broad swords (for self-defence)? As a result, it's understandable that those raised on modern growth theory – that demand is endless and things will get better over time – are fond of an aggregate approach. That is, by the way, pretty much everyone.