October/November 2019

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Islamic capital markets: An ever-expanding frontier

Critical challenges facing the green bond market

Editorial: The new big four

Opinion: a rock and a hard place

OPINION: Equivalence is politics

OPINION: the trade war winners

People moves from IFLR1000: Americas

Head-to-head: time for GDPR in the US?

Cover story: keeping big tech at bay

UK initial public offering reforms: Time to take stock

At all costs: a closer look at M&A risks

Swiss L-QIFs: a guide

Sanctions v loan agreements: a borrower's perspective

Australian crypto: steady hand on the tiller

Brazil: New oil and gas financing alternatives

Colombia: Capital markets changes afoot

Costa Rica: Fintech’s rapid expansion

Cyprus: Determining insolvency

Macau: New tax standards and exemptions

Panama: Bill on PPP regime

Philippines: New International Centre for Conflict Resolution

Slovak Republic: Termination of old enforcement proceedings

Switzerland: Payments on blockchain; stringent Swiss AML standards for regulated financial intermediaries

Thailand: New debt crowdfunding regulations

Vietnam: Information sharing under new Competition Law

Restructuring innovates in Asia

US remains the top destination for IPOs despite competition

5G rollout could be slowed down by bolstered Cfius regulations

South Korea update introduces Cfius-style restriction

Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019: shortlist announced

East African integration plans blow hot and cold

Inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards – shortlist live

Asian funds need to embrace fintech

GDPR has kept AI ethical, despite concerns

Money laundering scandals create opportunities for fintech

Risk of greenwashing stokes interest in sustainability taxonomies

Could bilateral investment treaties save the Brexit day?

Clarifications made as SEC extends testing-the-waters provision

High hopes for EU sustainable finance taxonomy

Could bilateral investment treaties save the Brexit day?

Burdensome regulation makes for burgeoning regtech

IFLR Middle East Awards 2019: winners revealed

City cautiously optimistic about Brexit breakthrough

ESG: Asset managers vary in enthusiasm

Q&A with former Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld

IFLR Asia Capital Markets Forum 2019: meet the speakers

Support grows for Greece’s NPL plan

European banks: the US is critical to global success

US companies unfazed by California’s data protection law

The rise of token technology explained

Mifid II: what are minor non-monetary benefits?

Vietnam: New FDI foreign exchange control

Vietnam: New solar power project incentives

PRIMER: PSD2

Lack of regulatory clarity in hemp and marijuana industry still hindering bankability

SGX moves to protect minority shareholders

Life in the SEC's enforcement division

Funds struggle with regulation in China’s GBA

Bank of China issues first ever SOFR-linked bonds in Asia

Inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards: winners announced

PRIMER: IBOR fallbacks

Broadcom decision: antitrust still not in-house priority

Tariffs’ impact on deal flow is minimal

Dombrovskis: More progress on banking union needed

From Moscow to London: Yukos ruling analysed

IFLR Asia Capital Markets Forum 2019: key takeaways

PRIMER: China’s social credit system

SEC: Don't count on CAT delay

Bumps in the road: IEX on the record

Uncertainty continues for EU securitisation

Ex-regulatory chiefs welcome recent Volcker rule changes

PRIMER: how to make an EU law

USMCA remains the best opportunity for bipartisan lawmaking

OECD legal director: we underestimated political context of the Anti-Bribery Convention

Banking regulations

Crave for yield widens gap in covenant quality

UK crypto ruling excites industry, despite lacking legal clout

Former Swiss ambassador: freedom of movement a post-Brexit make or break

ESG survey: no need to accept lower returns over long term

PRIMER: China’s cryptography law

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Islamic capital markets: An ever-expanding frontier

Al Tamimi’s head of debt capital markets provides a rundown of typical Islamic financial products, from project sukuk to securitisation

Rafiq Jaffer, September 23, 2019
Sponsored by Nishimura & Asahi

Vietnam: Information sharing under new Competition Law

The Competition Law 23/2018/QH14 (Competition Law 2018) in Vietnam took effect on July 1 2019 and replaced the old Competition Law 27/2004/QH11 (Competition Law 2004). The new law contains substantial changes to the old law, and such changes may have an impact on foreign investors' business practices in Vietnam. In this article, we explain one of those changes using the following hypothetical case:

September 23, 2019
Sponsored by Homburger

Swiss L-QIFs: a guide

Homburger partner Jürg Frick explains how Swiss regulators are working to strengthen the country’s competitiveness as a fund centre

Jürg Frick, September 23, 2019

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