November 2017

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Companies bank on blockchain bonds to cut costs, time

DEAL: Mexico City Airport - the world’s largest green bond

EU Prospectus Regulation Conference: key takeaways

EU disclosure fatigue favours qualified investors

PRIMER: the Prospectus Regulation

European M&A forum: key takeaways

Coming soon: a guide to Italian NPLs

ECB’s Nouy: EU bank resolution needs national focus

Banks are running out of time on FRTB

Fintech NYC forum: key takeaways

Earnouts still divide opinion

Cfius tightens grip over foreign M&A

Namibian empowerment bill must avoid SA mistakes

Exclusive interview with Gina Miller on Brexit

PRIMER: EU merger control and tech firms

ECB gets tougher on NPLs

IFLR Asia Awards 2018 – call for nominations

Brexit will benefit Asia-Pac

Uncertainty surrounds concerted practice

ASIC commissioner: fintech streamlines bank back offices

Retail investors at risk from EU bail-in requirements

US Treasury report in focus: access to capital and derivatives

IFLR Europe Awards 2018 – call for nominations

China outbound: prepare for an avalanche

IFLR’s Middle East Awards 2017: winners revealed

IFLR Fintech Asia 2017 forum: key takeaways

Chinese P2P lenders face IPO scrutiny

China needs to relax fintech rules

KIDs in America: Priips could be headache for US issuers

SEC's Clayton: no silver bullet to solve fiduciary conundrum

Giancarlo: time is right for swaps reform 2.0

Financial services must embrace tech to survive

Mifid II: why firms don’t want to be SIs for derivatives

Editorial: Hidden message

SEC, CFTC merger debate drags on

Asia needs to address legacy problems

EU NPL problem needs solution once and for all

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Europe Middle East and Africa

DEAL: the world’s largest green bond

How to regulate ICOs?

APAC: piling up

EMEA: Commission circles the wagons

When the bubble bursts

Limiting too-big-to-fail for qualified financial contracts

Market considers alternatives to Libor

CFTC's Giancarlo on derivatives and financial regulation

Fiscal clarity helps IPO process

Making fund offering in Switzerland more straightforward

Lessons learned from the financial crisis

Breaking new ground: litigation funding in the spotlight

Mitigating the risks of cov-lite

China’s ICO ban decrypted

Brazil: Proposed fintech regulation

Colombia: Crowdfunding legal framework

Cyprus: Product governance requirements

El Salvador: Data and IT protection

Indonesia: IPP sponsor approval

Ireland: Shipping finance regime

Japan: Housing Rental Business Act

Macau: International tax cooperation

Philippines: National Intellectual Property Strategy

Slovak Republic: Shareholder liability for harm to creditors

Switzerland: Initial coin offerings

Vietnam: Business conditions eliminated

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

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Indonesia: IPP sponsor approval

In August 2017, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources introduced a new regulation which revoked its previous controversial (and short-lived) regulation which had required that the ministry's approval be obtained by sponsors of independent power producers (IPP) before executing any share transfer or change of the IPP's board of directors or commissioners.

Emir Nurmansyah, October 30, 2017
Sponsored by White & Case

Lessons learned from the financial crisis

Regulatory enforcement and related litigation in the UK have evolved significantly since the financial crisis

October 30, 2017
Sponsored by Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Japan: Housing Rental Business Act

The Diet passed the Housing Rental Business Act (an official translation is yet to be determined) on June 9 2017. The Act, which will take effect in June 2018, defines and regulates vacation rental businesses such as Airbnb.

October 30, 2017

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