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An Act coming into force by June introduces insider trading regulations applicable to listed investment corporations, typically Japanese real estate investment trusts

Iosco's Tajinder Singh and the Milken Institute's Chris Brummer go head-to-head on this month's debate

The Asian Development Bank’s general counsel explains how the bank’s technical assistance programmes are assisting the region’s emerging markets

A recent judgment has outlined the differences between public and in-house companies when identifying competent courts in relation to directors' liability

The number of Asian takeovers of large North American targets throughout 2013 tested the commercial and regulatory boundaries of inbound M&A. It also set some precedents for how authorities will react in these scenarios. This should allow new purchasers – worldwide, but especially from the east – to prepare for regulatory concerns.

A lack of certainty about India's investment environment is a long-standing and near-universal complaint. While the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seem to recognise this problem, their actions are missing the point – more rules aren't helping.

The Irish Takeover Panel ‘s is just as strong The December sale of biotech firm Élan to Perrigo brought to an end one of last year's most watched hostile takeover sagas, and has revealed the Irish Takeover Panel's unwavering approach to its rules. The $8.6 billion acquisition by the US pharmaceutical company came off the back of the Irish target's defence of Royalty Pharma's $6.8 billion hostile offer.

In December Qatar telecommunications company Ooredoo announced it signed an agreement with a consortium led by Digicel to develop telecommunications towers in Myanmar. This is an important step for Myanmar infrastructure.

Regulators have taken steps to clarify the enforceability of put and call options in India. But there are outstanding issues to be addressed

Carlos Fradique-Mendez Laura Villaveces Hollmann Although the term green shoe came to be known in international markets more than 70 years ago, when the Green Shoe Manufacturing Company first implemented an over-allotment option as a price stabilisation mechanism in a Colombian offer, no such mechanisms have ever been fully implemented until very recently. In May 2013, Colombian cement company Cementos Argos, used a price stabilisation mechanism for the first time in its preferred share offer, which totalled 1.6 billion pesos ($800,000) after transaction managers exercised a green shoe option. The green shoe option was allowed in this transaction by the Colombian regulator in light of the particularities of the structure, including the fact that the offer was structured as a simultaneous offer, and was implemented as a two-tranche process.