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Some banks’ internal risk calculations are equally unreliable Europe's policymakers have been focussed on breaking the link between banks and sovereigns since the eurozone crisis in 2012, when Greece defaulted on its debt. However, under EU rules, banks remain free to automatically rate all debt issued by the bloc's 28 member states as risk free, allowing them to avoid capital charges and understate the riskiness of their assets. This broad loophole applies irrespective of whether those bonds are issued by the government of Germany, or the government of Spain, Italy or Ireland.

ETMFs open the door to fancier baskets The success of investment management firm Eaton Vance's exchange traded mutual funds (ETMF) could lead to new US products that also attempt to mirror more than one fund type. ETMFs combine the intraday trading ability of an exchange traded fund (ETF) with net asset value (NAV) pricing used in mutual funds. This offers actively-managed ETFs a way to protect their proprietary indexes.

Deal-hungry operators think Europe has too many

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has given another boost to pan-European private placements (PEPP) by publishing a market guide. But obstacles to the market's development remain, in the form of Solvency II capital charges across Europe.

Far-reaching regulatory reforms have a mixed track record in taking into account developed and emerging markets' different needs – often, they lean towards the latter.

The emphatic message from poll respondents is that shareholder engagement must be boards’ priority in the lead-up to proxy season

Corporate counsel and their advisors shed light on everything from new private equity trends to crisis management and debt financing

Aung Naing Oo, director-general of DICA, reveals the next FDI developments in the frontier jurisdiction

Amid the pre-election posturing that comprised the majority of UK chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement, was a buried promise to change the structures of M&A in the country.

The combination of telecommunication companies Oi and PT has taught Brazilian investors the downside of public M&A. A more thorough review of disclosures is likely to occur in future deals.