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Recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) interventions in the Nigerian forex market have led to criticisms of the apex bank's actions

The outcome of a recent could make or break a new source of liquidity for European projects. Norton Rose Fulbright's Bob Haken explains why

Brown Rudnick's Alex Lipman on why the growing use of adminitrative law judges in enforcement proceedings has defendants and their counsel asking whether it’s possible to get a fair hearing

Regulators of developed markets have closely scrutinised derivatives since the 2008 global financial crisis, introducing extraterritorial regulations such as the Dodd-Frank Act and European Market Infrastructure Regulation. Emerging markets, particularly those in Asia, are starting to look at derivatives differently – as a tool that manages, rather than creates, financial risk.

Arturo Caraballo The height of summer was a busy time for lateral hiring at US, Canadian and offshore firms. In early August, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES bolstered its restructuring practice with the hire of partner Matt Barr in New York. Barr, who joined from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, advises creditors, debtors, bondholders, funds and shareholders in Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings. In the same city, SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL gained both Boris Ziser and Thomas Weinberger from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Ziser, who takes the helm of Schulte's structured products and derivatives practice, works with a myriad of asset classes including loans, leases, cell towers and lottery receivables. Weinberger's background includes work on asset-backed securities, particularly risk-linked securities. He has also engineered fund formations.

Limited partners’ ability to engage in management has been a thorny issue. Hogan Lovells' Erik Jamieson and Amelia Stawpert explain why this may soon change

Equity capital market participants have developed innovative transaction structures to shorten the time to market. Skadden's Stephan Hutter and Katja Kaulamo explain why more are on the horizon

Four years have passed since the Cambodian Securities Exchange opened. Despite its few listings, market participants remain optimistic

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued its first exemption from registration as a derivatives clearing organisation (DCO) to Australia's ASX Clear

BM&FBovespa is preparing to reshape its rules for listed companies under government control, with the goal of offering investors more clarity