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India’s securities regulator is looking for inspiration abroad. Here’s how the US and Hong Kong are changing local enforcement and disclosure rules

Ashley Lee, December 05 2012

Is CFTC wrong about position limits

The CFTC’s plan to appeal a decision to void the position limits rule doesn't serve the interests of small investors, US lawyers have said

November 27 2012

Turkey: A year of big changes

Dogan Eymirlioglu and Ceyda Aydin of Ersoy Bilgehan examine a number of recent changes to Turkey’s laws which will impact foreign investors

December 09 2012

UAE: Attractive yet challenging

Atiq Anjarwalla and Ian Gaitta of Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota examine the factors that make the UAE an attractive yet challenging regional investment destination

December 09 2012

Mexican natural gas pipeline sets precedent for local lawyers

The construction of a new Mexican natural gas pipeline has established a new role for project finance counsel in the region.

December 10 2012

Editorial: New markets, new rules

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into emerging and frontier countries has remained a significant engine of growth even as the global economic picture has weakened.

December 09 2012

Q&A: Frontier markets: private equity’s next challenge

You could be forgiven for thinking Africa and private equity an odd pair. Leveraged buyouts, price tension and dual-track exits don't appear to go hand-in-hand with frontier markets.

December 09 2012

1990s

Phillip Fletcher Following the 1980s debt crisis, the IMF and World Bank endorsed the Brady Plan, which called for debt reduction by way of risk-compensated forgiveness. Debtor countries' loans were restructured into a menu of publicly-traded US dollar-denominated Brady Bonds collateralised with US Treasury securities. The first Brady Bond, completed in 1990 for Mexico, became the archetype for the other Brady deals that followed over the next seven years.

December 06 2012

Dominican Republic: Snapshot of a growing market

Ernesto Bournigal Read and Ingrid María Jesús Rodríguez of OMG describe a project finance market where debt and equity opportunities are ripe for the picking

December 01 2012

2000s

Daniel Goelzer The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) sprang into existence with a clear mandate. The Enron debacle had so tarnished the profession's reputation that independent oversight was crucial to restoring a respected auditing profession. But the PCAOB did not just have a moral mandate. It had a strong legal one too, with a unanimous vote for Sarbanes-Oxley in the Senate and only a couple of dissenting voices in the House of Representatives.

December 06 2012

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