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Still the poster child for equity market reform

The Korea Financial Services Commission's (FSC) recent launch of a stock exchange focused on raising capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could show EU policymakers how they can spur the bloc's return to growth.

Qihoo 360's convertible bond was not only the first this year but also the largest ever such offering from a US-listed Chinaco.

Just another example of one size not fitting all The implementation of a single supervisory mechanism (SSM) in Europe could provoke an over-simplification of prudential regulation in the region, an Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) advisor and non-executive director has warned. The SSM mechanism transfers responsibility for approximately 130 of the biggest European-based banks from eurozone national authorities to the European Central Bank (ECB). The Bank will also be responsible for the overall oversight of prudential supervision in the eurozone.

The $24.9 billion leveraged buyout (LBO) of the US IT company Dell, by its founder Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake Management, completed in September following months of negotiations.

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ISDA has endorsed the use of PRIME Finance arbitration clauses in standard derivatives documentation

Alternative credit providers are facing a laundry list of new restrictions to ensure they aren’t the root of the next crisis. This month’s three-part cover story looks at the key issues in the global shadow banking debate

Bruno Marchese Peruvian regulations (Law 27287) allow for the issuance and acceptance of incomplete promissory notes as instruments representing payment obligations. The Law allows for such notes to be issued without having to set forth a specific payment date, or the actual amount payable under the note, and other stipulations that are typically included in notes and similar payment documents, but may be left blank in these incomplete promissory notes. The items left blank in the note will have to be completed by the creditor, upon the occurrence of certain events.