September 2012

Main

Barclays rate-fixing scandal: Libor alternatives analysed

Why IKEA’s India entrance is overhyped

Project bond template needed for 2020 success

How to finance Peruvian PPP without federal backing

How to fix Libor

The Dodd-Frank Act at two years old

EXCLUSIVE: The law that will open Saudi Arabia's stock exchange

Portugal's newest ABS structure analysed

Consolidated audit trail to hit broker-dealers

New financial regulation in Spain brings distressed opportunities

Shadow banking rules: AMF MD reveals regulatory agenda

Exclusive: France’s AMF reveals lessons learnt post-crisis

Moroccan Financial Board’s Hicham Zegrary - Q&A

Moroccan investment: How to attain Casablanca Finance City status

Why US swap definitions need clarifying quickly

Afma: what Libor can learn from Australia’s benchmark rate

How banks could have Libor cases dismissed

Will the KID make Prips too risky for retail?

Libor probe proves banks too big for UK

Foreign companies now more exposed to US antitrust law

China reconsidering VIE structure

Stronger say-on-pay means Shareholder Spring to stay

Morgan Stanley: BoE must replace BBA on Libor

China Nonferrous Mining Corporation IPO explained

What ChinaCos can learn from Bright Food's French acquisition

ONO refinancing sets new Euro debt model

Wampu deal unleashes Indonesian renewables

Record Colombian loan finances pipeline

Tibor & Sibor reforms set to follow UK

Mongolia Salkhit financing sets foreign security precedent

Italian private company bonds: what's expected

RIDEA paves way for US-Canadian Reit

TMX-Maple merger: IIAC raises favouritism concerns

What NAFMII’s asset-backed MTNs mean for securitisation in China

Deferred prosecution agreements possible for Libor charges

How Knight Capital increases SEC trade certainty

The new CCP resolution template explained

Why new German HFT rules won't stop another Knight Capital

How the new TMX was created

What DIFC's new chief must prioritise

What to watch under India’s new companies law

Inaugural Australasian Women in Business Law Awards: Winners announced

What's new in Brazilian corporate law

How ERC Mostorod financing closed with no sponsor guarantee

Vietnam's PPP framework: what needs to change

How the US Jobs Act helped Man U offering

CIS region sukuk first analysed

Thai hybrid bond first reveals disclosure-based regime shift

US SEC enforcement chief: How to avoid trouble

IFLR Middle East awards shortlist revealed

HK SFC reveals its enforcement agenda

US Iran probe will reveal money laundering a way of life, says ex- Iranian banker

What TSC Libor report means for London’s reputation

Lloyds sale revamps PE secondary market potential

Canadian boards want proxy recommendation rebuttals

Will UAE investment crackdown halt DIFC growth?

Why Vietnam bank merger could spark copycat deals

Asia M&A trends analysed

AFME calls for help in CRA3 lobbying efforts

Why bank liability could reinforce Fannie and Freddie as mortgage guarantors

‘Til Libor do us part?

Asia: A credibility crisis

Americas: Transaction tax, a bad policy

Ridea paves way for US-Canadian Reit

Thai hybrid bond first reveals disclosure-based regime shift

ONO refinancing sets new Euro debt model

Deferred prosecution agreements possible for Libor charges

New CCP resolution template explained

Vietnam’s PPP framework: what must change

How to finance in Egypt with no sponsor guarantee

Foreign companies now more exposed to US competition law

Takeover Code extension: tips for bidders

South Korea’s new short-term Cofix rate raises concerns

What DIFC’s new chief must prioritise

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Is Glass-Steagall our future?

Schaeffler’s retail high-yield precedent

How to make Libor work

Why fixing algos will only cause trouble

Foreign listing alternatives for US growth companies

Kalashnikov bonds: Russia’s new local currency instrument

Spanish debt crisis’ impact on EU resolution and banking union proposals

How successful are the latest EU prospectus framework changes?

US equities trading under a Consolidated Audit Trail

Bonds: the next mainstream source of project finance

Arbitration: the latest dispute mechanism for finance contracts

Why Shariah finance and real estate are a perfect match

When is amend-and-extend the best refinancing option?

The Mexican insolvency that tested US bankruptcy laws

Business in Turkey under new Commercial Code

Corruption and bribery civil litigation risks

How to notify under Brazil’s new pre-merger antitrust regime

German and French attempts to encourage pre-bankruptcy proceedings

New rules for securitisation funds in Brazil

Security interests and regulated entities

Oaxaca II and IV sets Mexican renewable energy financing precedent

Privacy protection in internal compliance investigations

Marketing foreign products and services

New law on limitation periods

Investing in a German SE

Strengthening financial transparency and customer care

New rules on bank ownership

Russia loan standardisation timeline revealed

New Italian rules on commercial paper

Expansion of English-language disclosure rules

Malaysia’s new corporate governance code

Dutch financial regulator focuses on flash loans

Award of interest

The new tigers of South America

Stricter mainboard admission criteria on the Singapore exchange

New regulation brings distressed opportunities

An essential component of shariah compliance

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

Sponsored

Sponsored

Sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Foreign listing alternatives for US growth companies

Many US emerging growth companies find it hard to raise capital at home. Here’s why London and Oslo may provide good alternatives

August 28, 2012