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Egypt has become a magnet to foreign investment. It boasts numerous advantages: a strategic location; low labour costs; and moderate weather and tourism

The Malaysian Courts have recently delivered a number of decisions which take a non-interventionist approach in dealing with arbitration agreements and arbitration decisions

A couple of months ago, the debate on the control of mergers and acquisitions sparked into life again

In July 2008, the Insurance Market Regulation Law (LRMS) broke the monopoly that existed in Costa Rica for more than 80 years, which allowed only one state company to carry out the country´s insurance operations

The European Parliament must vote through the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the Commission's watered down investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism.

The introduction of total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements for banks has caused some jurisdictions to consider so-called tier 3 instruments. But investors and issuers would prefer more tier 2s, according to speakers at Fitch's Global Banking Conference in Hong Kong on June 17.

Many stores stayed open, despite the company’s bankruptcy RadioShack's global asset sale has demonstrated how a retail business can maintain operations throughout a bankruptcy process and avoid total liquidation. The US electronics company has sold the bulk of its assets, including stores and franchise agreements, and entered into a transitional agreement with the main acquirer General Wireless. On June 25, RadioShack representatives announced that the company had reached an agreement to liquidate its few remaining holdings.

The SFC’s response to HKEx’s weighted voting rights proposal had a similar effect Late last month the board of Hong Kong's securities regulator unanimously opposed the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) proposal for allowing weighted voting rights (WVR). But a potential secondary listings regime wasn't addressed. Following the Securities and Futures Commission's (SFC) release, HKEx announced it would engage with the SFC. "The Exchange's listing committee will decide the best way forward in light of the views of the SFC," it said.

The European Commission's (EC) merger control enforcement rate is double that of the US and China, according to a recent report.

Suggestions include reducing risk weight floors for bank investors and beneficial regulatory treatment for qualifying securitisations