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As Europe's financial regulatory onslaught approaches its end, attention is turning to market inefficiencies that have fallen by the wayside. These are the issues that receive very little press. Often because they are not contentious, and contrary to the post-crisis anti-regulator mindset, market overseers are not to blame.

China's interpretation of some international conventions as well as its broad state secrecy laws and regulations have constructed a type of firewall around its financial institutions. This has, essentially, rendered them nearly immune from the jurisdiction of other countries' courts and regulatory agencies. That may have short-term benefits – namely avoiding litigation in the US – but could ultimately harm their integration into the global financial system.

The Chinese government's economic retreat has undermined its implicit backstop of state-owned entities (SOE). Investors have emphasised the importance of credit research in the country.

Daniel Hasler of Homburger analyses and challenges the effectiveness of recent proposals to amend Swiss corporate law

Hopes for the region’s biggest economy are tarnished by legacy issues and incoming reforms

The Bribery Act is of little use while it is still being tested Buyers interested in business lines and assets being sold by Brazil's state-run oil company need to beware the corruption liability they may assume. Indebted oil giant Petrobras is looking to sell assets to shore up its financials and focus on its core business amid bankruptcy concerns and a corruption scandal. For potential buyers though, the liability hangover could cost them more than the deal itself.

Regulators have given financial institutions new responsibilities Anti-money laundering (AML) regulations are no longer a US or EU-only concern, with Asian jurisdictions now meeting – and sometimes surpassing – international expectations. AML compliance is increasingly a focus worldwide. In March the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) ordered Commerzbank to pay $1.45 billion for AML failures primarily in its private banking business in Singapore. In February, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (Fatf) published a report around the financing of terrorist organisation Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

A recent EU ruling on illicit information exchange is of particular resonance for banks and brokers

To kick-start mega development projects, the government is using one of Egypt's cornerstone resources: the New Suez Chanel Project

Investment funds handling funds from Japanese investors need to be aware of the proposed changes to the so-called QII exemption