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Ahead of the anticipated lifting of economic sanctions against the country, Iran is testing the international financial community's appetite by issuing around 400 billion rials ($13.4 million) worth of short-term treasury bills.

The UK's plans to ringfence its largest banks is looking like an expensive, and ultimately futile, exercise.

It’s a race against time to update documentation

The world should be watching China’s green bond experiment It's apt that green bonds originated in Sweden. An instrument that promotes climate-friendly investments by limiting the use of proceeds, and involves strict monitoring and reporting requirements – while having no immediate financial benefits over and above an ordinary corporate bond – could only be devised in a country that isn't battling more pressing, short-term issues. The Scandinavian utopia may be an inaccurate stereotype, but financial instability, poverty and geopolitical tensions are relatively low on its national agenda.

For the third year in a row, the magic circle firm has been named international firm of the year at the annual ceremony

The Gulf state’s maiden issuance is a signal that the government is behind both capital markets and Islamic finance

Counsel in Hong Kong have defended the territory’s proposed bail-in regime against suggestions that bondholders receive insufficient protection

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has raised concerns about the auto loan market. But counsel see big differences between the financial crisis in 2008 and trends today

Budget cuts, uncertainty over its legal authority and a constant stream of further regulation will make the bank's latest mandate an uphill battle

Counsel have drawn attention to regulatory inconsistencies and insufficient disclosure in the country’s rapidly growing market