December/January 2018

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Non-GAAP explained: a MoFo report

France breaks banking monopoly for alternative lenders

ASIFMA: How Asia is dealing with Mifid II

SEC issues long awaited no-action letter on Mifid II

POLL: should Esma approve prospectuses?

Fragmented climate change investment strategy hinders progress

DEAL: Qantas’ loan with switchable collateral

PRIMER: bank capital

DEAL: China’s first US dollar bond sale since 2004

DEAL: ICBC's Belt and Road climate bond

Indian competition body in struggle with appellate tribunal

PRIMER: US Treasury Reports

Holdco/opco interpretation drives sub debt confusion

Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2017: winners announced

Why regtech must be regulated

DEAL: Redx Pharma’s corporate rescue

Cfius reform bill ‘not comprehensive enough’

Distressed M&A risks in Asia

Antitrust, security reviews are changing Asia M&A

HR and IP drive Asia post-merger integration

US firms hold out for regulatory relief on Mifid II reporting

Paradise Papers put pressure on local regulators

POLL: Mifid II & market structure

PRIMER: Chinese NPLs

Philippine Competition Commission steps up enforcement

OCC must continue to push for fintech charter

FSOC and Sifi designation reform welcomed

HKEx consults on corporate governance code changes

Noreika would consider CFPB director role

Interview with former OCC acting Comptroller Keith Noreika

DEAL: Kenya’s largest debt-for-equity restructuring

US ponders complement to Cfius regime

Banks put FRTB on hold

Dodd and Frank join CFPB debate

DEAL: Singapore’s first switch tender offer

HKEX has work cut out to attract listings

Council, ECB at odds over NPL plan

DEAL: world’s first automated crypto-bond issuance

CFTC enforcement head on criticism of self-reporting policy

Puerto Rico crisis drags on

Amazon & Alibaba: clash of the titans

Bitcoin bubble trouble

Head-to-head: future of global financial regulation

Asia Pacific: government scrutiny grows

EMEA: Mifid news dominates (again)

POLL: Esma and prospectus approval

Asia Pacific

PRC tightens control over foreign investor access

Looking ahead: IFLR talks to former OCC head Keith Noreika

Up in the air

Putting deals together: key considerations

The problem with Mifid II research

EU FDI under closer scrutiny

Switzerland's cartel law evolves

Fira's proposed rules analysed

France's banking monopoly cracks open

UK, US opinion letters compared

CFTC's proposed self-reporting rule raises questions

A broad reach

Brazil: Closed-end fund changes

Colombia: Securities advisory services proposals

Cyprus: Managing virtual currency risk

Ireland: Regulatory powers of investigation

Japan: Civil Code reform

Nicaragua: New secured transactions law

Panama: Panama and China – a new Era

Philippines: Foreign equity restrictions

Slovak Republic: Simplified joint-stock companies

Spain: NPL sale trends

Switzerland: Participation tax rules

Vietnam: Share repurchase threshold

Bitcoin futures launch amid margin anxieties

DEAL: Trafigura’s non-recourse commodity inventory funding programme

Brexit effect impacts UK M&A

DEAL: CVS’ proposed $69 billion acquisition of Aetna

SFC, CSRC intensify cooperation on market misconduct

EU and Switzerland discuss Mifid II equivalence

New company law a boon for Myanmar economy

DEAL: only CMBS deals in the UK and Italy in 2017

GDPR readiness in the spotlight

Virtual currency trading could help professionalise the market

Should MAR be scaled back?

UK eyes AML rules for bitcoin regulation

Long road ahead for Eletrobras privatisation

New bill could impact ease of doing business in India

IFLR Asia Awards 2018: shortlist revealed

DEAL: largest ever African infrastructure project financing

China clamps down on bribery

DEAL: MENA region’s first Reit sukuk

US tax bill to boost M&A activity

Tech keeps EU data protection rules in check

Understanding the standard of care for broker-dealers and the DOL’s fiduciary rule: a MoFo report

Basel III: how some banks will lose out

HKEx pushes ahead with weighted voting rights

DEAL: first Malaysian sukuk to monetise real estate project billings

Mifid II and the challenge of ‘venue-isation’

EU audit agency casts shadow on ECB crisis management plan

Revamping the Volcker Rule

Direct listings offer alternative to IPO route

India relaxes bankruptcy rules

DEAL: Colombia’s first private project finance project

New look SunEdison emerges from chapter 11

PRIMER: Hong Kong’s manager in charge regime

PSD2 gives banks chance to evolve

IFLR EU In-House Counsel Summit 2018: highlights

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

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Switzerland's cartel law evolves

The scope of interpretation of several provisions of Switzerland’s cartel law has evolved following a recent Federal Supreme Court decision

December 11 2017
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EU FDI under closer scrutiny

The EU Commission has proposed that member states implement a tighter and wider foreign investment control framework. The right balance between protecting national interests and allowing FDI needs to be struck

December 11 2017
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Fira's proposed rules analysed

A new bill which could potentially replace the existing regime on foreign investment scrutiny considers the economic impacts of inbound transactions

Boyd Greene, December 11 2017

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