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A recent report reveals what has turned it off A PricewaterhouseCoopers report has revealed the primary causes of illiquidity in global fixed income markets. The cumulative impact of post-crisis regulations is a major culprit. Released on August 12, the report was commissioned by the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) and Institute of International Finance. While banks are better capitalised than ever before, the knock-on effect has seen liquidity in the secondary bond market fall sharply since mid-2014.

The new legislative reforms in Egypt are taking place against a backdrop of debate over the Investment Law, that took place in conjunction with the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held in Sharm El Sheikh last March

On July 8 2015, the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing) Act 2015 was enacted into Irish law

On June 29 2015, the Minister of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia issued a new regulation on the procedures of employing foreign manpower

An inaugural issuance of tier 2 bonds has revealed widely-held confidence in the budding asset class. It also creates a structure for others to replicate

In Japan, out-of-court methods are available for restructuring debts owed by corporate debtors, a procedure referred to as alternative dispute resolution turnaround (ADRT)

A recently-agreed sanctions deal could reconnect the Middle East’s second biggest economy with the global financial system. But it needs private sector buy-in

Mobile number portability is the voluntary process by which a client switches to another mobile service provider, often for a service more suited to their needs, while retaining their existing mobile phone number

In July 2015, the Capital Market and Services (Amendment) Bill 2015 was passed to amend the Capital Market and Services Act 2007 (CMSA)

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