December/January 2016

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Kenya’s corporate overhaul causes confusion

How to build a pan-European insolvency regime

US M&A sentiment strong despite antitrust concerns

POLL: US regulators and auto securitisation

US TLAC overshadowed by long term debt plans

IFLR 2016 awards: research begins

Italy’s practical approach to TLAC

CFTC’s DCO exemptive regime: why the market should care

BoE and EBA diverge on stress tests

Why Myanmar forex license move may backfire

European term loan B to overtake high yield

Europe’s infra stalemate demands public sector improvements

FSB reveals 18% TLAC requirement

Inconsistencies hamper Chinese RMB deregulation

Market welcomes potential Mifid II delay

Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2015: winners announced

Mexico green bond first could jump-start market

The dos and don’ts of cartel dawn raids

Merger review missing from HK antitrust rewrite

European boards wise up as activism spreads

The GE-Alstom saga: beginning to end

LatAm sees aggressive antitrust enforcement

Investors want to talk about risk, not performance

Shadow banking grows despite stigma

Europe's repo market at risk of meltdown

Ireland relaxes rules on AT1 tax

Malaysia sukuk needs domestic education

Euribor’s non-bank inclusion could distort benchmark

Final TLAC standard passed as doubts linger

EC's deposit guarantee scheme revealed

CFTC studies swap dealer registration

Uncertainty surrounds masala bond hedge

Are advisors fiduciaries?

HY bondholders still losing their rights

Iran sanctions, snapback and grandfathering

GDP-bonds secure Ukraine restructure

EC opens Pandora’s Box for competition gripes

SFO says first DPA will be template

Mexican airline’s secondary offering a first

Poor local enforcement hampers FIE reform

Why Pfizer-Allergan inversion criticism is misplaced

Germany’s SRM law facilitates bail-in of bank bonds

Private equity brings new tactics to M&A

Canadian Oil Sands' poison pill preempts reforms

Reducing hostilities in Canadian takeover laws

The curious case of swaps with supranationals

KYC checks slowing loans as sanctions bite

Korea’s first internet banks clouded by downgrade fears

US counsel vexed by regulatory impact on bond liquidity

Israel securitisation proposal fails to deliver

Editorial: Is public censure enough?

Americas: One man’s financial stability...

Asia Pacific: A lesson in moderation

Europe: Yuan’s gain is the euro’s loss

China regulators must coordinate for RMB growth

DEAL: GDP-bonds secure Ukraine restructure

European boards wise up as activism spreads

Poor enforcement hampers FIE reform

Repo market at risk of meltdown

EXCLUSIVE: Volcker on the Volcker Rule

Americas

Asia Pacific

Europe, Middle East and Africa

POLL: fears over US auto securitisation

Inside China: Fixing fragmented oversight

Competition Law Forum highlights

Asia Wibl winners 2015

#1 Basel’s clash with the CMU

#2 The Prospective Directive’s aims may be exploited

#3 T2S teething woes

#4 European high-yield will come of age

#5 Greek banks will test CoCo terms

#6 All-out push for rupee internationalisation

#7 Incremental opening of China’s onshore market

#8 Africa will get its own brand of bonds

#9 Argentina will return

#10 Corporate issuers propel Malaysian sukuk

#11 Dual tracks will rule

#12 Funds will spur capital raising alternatives

#13 CMBS will conquer Europe

#14 More high yield restructures

#15 Macro conditions to hamper UAE IPO potential

#16 LatAm at the mercy of currency risk

Capital markets predictions for 2016

China's new national security regime

Hong Kong's Competition Ordinance assessed

Navigating Chinese merger control

M&A annual review

A continental view of TLAC

Brazil: New financial inclusion rules

Colombia: Representative offices

Cyprus: New CySEC authorisation procedure

Egypt: Electricity law reforms

Indonesia: New simplified import procedures

Ireland: Contractual penalties ruling

Japan: Medical product regulatory regime

Macau: Policy plans for 2016

Malaysia: Loans to associate companies

Nicaragua: Real estate management fund

Nigeria: Repositioning through Islamic finance

Peru: A merger’s effective date

Philippines: Foreign in personam summonses

Qatar: Disputes and facility agreements

Slovak Republic: Procurement and beneficial owners

Spain: Pledges over future credits

Switzerland: Tax cancellation transition period

Turkey: New sukuk regulation

Vietnam: Commercial brokerage services

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Special Features

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Editorial

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