February 2016

Main

Euronext hit with record fine for HFT

Asia regulators call for new harmonisation debate

Cameroon eurobond first unlocks funding dimension

AIFMD uncertainty lingers over passporting, NPPRs

Pfizer-Allergan reignites US inversion debate

Europe’s first cyber law will sting

POLL: growing the panda bond market

Currency reforms will boost Argentina's capital markets

Dodd-Frank: a year in review

Myanmar restriction may impede new forex licensing

New buyback reveals Iran’s independent oil ambitions

Cyprus reforms tackle bad debt surplus

EU airline FDI caps are ineffective, outdated

US IPO drivers for 2016

Hostile M&A at a crossroad

GSE reforms called for to boost PLS

New UK transparency rules enable activists

Japan’s corporate gov reforms lack teeth

Africa PE must seize platform strategies

Mifid II: excess of ambition, lack of action

China's credit assessment overhaul masks loopholes

India's first aerospace joint venture

The ABS blueprint to power Africa

IFLR Asia Awards 2016: shortlist revealed

Penalty clauses redefined by the English courts

Europe’s PE waterfall becomes global standard

Looming implementation drives US ABS volumes

Experiments in DIP financing in Mexico and Brazil

Africa: no longer a frontier

Have SOAs reached their limit?

Mega-deal cycle to continue in 2016

China A-share deregulation won’t boost mainland traffic

Poll: legal pitfalls in Iran

Editorial: A harmonisation too far?

Middle East: Proceed with caution

Asia Pacific: HK’s new tycoon

Americas: Lost in translation

Argentina’s currency reforms

US IPO drivers for 2016

Regulators revive harmonisation debate

Japan’s corporate governance reforms lack teeth

New UK transparency rules enable activists

Hostile M&A at a crossroad

Cyprus tackles bad debt surplus

China’s credit assessment overhaul masks loopholes

Americas

Asia Pacific

Europe, Middle East and Africa

POLL: helping panda bonds grow

Inside China: Circuit-breaker failure

Fixing Europe’s restructuring regime

Brazil: Boosting infra investment

Colombia: Internationalising capital markets

Costa Rica: Financial reform in 2016

Cyprus: Introducing LLPs

Egypt: Reforming secured transactions

Indonesia: Documentation in forex deals

Ireland: Banking and finance update

Japan: Electricity market reforms

Macau: Reforming lease agreements

Malaysia: Notice by email

Myanmar: New arbitration law

Nigeria: Oil bill restructured

Philippines: Conversion of agricultural land

Qatar: Insurers and arbitration clauses

Slovak Republic: Bills of exchange

Switzerland: Intra-group financing

Turkey: Implementing Basel III

Vietnam: Simplifying foreign investment

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