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Since the first drafts of post-crisis reforms appeared in government corridors, many have feared that lawmakers are too focussed on regulating the past. Some of the initiatives thrashed out during those first months – the G20's 2009 Pittsburgh agreement on centralised clearing for OTC derivatives, for example – are so sensible that their pre-2007 regulatory situation now seems inconceivable. But others – like the EU's clampdown on repo – suggest they are so intent on preventing yesterday's crisis that making, often misguided, changes at the margins is considered worthwhile use of their time.

When General Electric (GE) first agreed to buy Alstom's thermal, renewables and grid businesses back in April 2014 for $13.5 billion, it surely knew the deal would be no easy feat.

Asia's regulators are taking an increasingly proactive stance towards fintech development and its evolution. A group of Chinese authorities has come together to announce a set of regulations in this area, while the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has recently announced that it will invest in developments in this space.

Alana Griffin

Lawyers say the focus should be on improving projects’ underlying credit. That doesn't require cash, but rather the overhaul of deep-seated market realities

Commentators around the world have speculated over the cause of the stock market crash, and the effects of the CSRC’s response. Here’s the view from Beijing

Ireland is steadily coming out of recession

Purchasers face some tough challenges in the prevailing sellers' market. Hengeler Mueller's Hans-Jörg Ziegenhain and Daniel Wiegand explain how they should manage their potential exposures

Junior noteholders are replacing special servicers to take control of workout situations. Paul Hastings' Conor Downey and Stephen Parker analyse this uneasy dynamic in distressed deals

NRSRO rules should have been limited to a narrower range of asset classes. Nevertheless, as Mayer Brown's Amanda Baker explains, the securitisation market is coping well