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  • Already a regional leader in Islamic finance, Malaysia will continue to strengthen the shariah elements of its capital markets, driven by a desire to rival its Middle Eastern counterparts in sukuk trading. It comes amid a stepped-up national drive towards harmonising the practice of Islamic and common law, to remove legal anomalies affecting the shariah-compatibility of its legal system.
  • In 2016, for better or worse, LatAm's equity market activity will largely hinge on the stability of local currencies. And counsel are cautiously optimistic. The region is not known for a robust equity market, but according to Shearman & Sterling partner Antonia Stolper, last year was in a class of its own. "2015 was truly bad," she says. "We had the whole Fibra boom in Mexico in the last two years and other one offs in some other countries. But the pipeline is somewhat weak."
  • Move over exchange-traded funds. The next incarnation of funds-capital markets collaboration will look more like Apax's £585 million ($876 million) vehicle it listed in London last June. Known as Apax Global Alpha, it pools cash on behalf of institutional investors and acquires companies and other operating assets.
  • The region’s best female lawyers and the firms paving the way for meritocracy in the legal profession were celebrated in Hong Kong on November 11
  • Securitisations as a whole might be marred by EU regulatory clashes, but commercial mortgage-backed deals (CMBS) are set to broaden their footprint across the continent. And their tranches will blur the boundary between loans and bonds.
  • The US market for initial public offerings (IPO) could go either way. But one thing is clear, dual tracks will increasingly become the rule rather than the exception – in both the US and Europe.
  • Asia’s financial centre is a latecomer to the world of competition. Starting this month companies must adjust to new prohibitions and new regulators
  • Yingling Wei and Janet Hui of Jun He law firm assess the dos and don’ts when seeking deal approval from Mofcom
  • Panda bonds, Greek CoCos and high-yield restructures are among the asset classes and market developments to watch over the coming 12 months
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    A proposed rulebook shares similarities with the US framework. Will it create tension with broader moves to liberalise investment?