September 2018

Main

Follow the trail: tracing complex financial transactions

PRIMER: leverage ratios

The end of the Lehman Waterfall proceedings

What the green bond market needs to grow

Editorial: You do you

Sibling rivalry

Opinion: Amazon poised to enter the banking sector

POLL: the changing face of capital raising

Americas

Asia Pacific

INTERVIEW: keeping faith

Raising the bar

The interaction between the Hong Kong and Singapore insolvency frameworks

M&A report: Luxembourg

Two sides to one story

Due diligence: from KYC to WAKOC

Best practice for IOSCO cooperation standards

Change on the horizon

Brazil: New public consortia financing regulation

Colombia: OTC derivatives market expanded

Cyprus: Amendments to alternative investment funds laws

Ireland: The domino effect of regulatory breaches

Japan: New tailwind Bill for offshore wind farm

Macau: Enhancement of CEPA

Slovak Republic: Hiring foreign workers simplified

Switzerland: OECD-BEPS measures in Swiss double tax treaties – impact of the principal purpose test

Thailand: Thailand’s regulatory guillotine project

Vietnam: New commercial promotion regulation

ConocoPhillips, PdVSA agreement to open creditor floodgates in Venezuela

DEAL: world’s first global blockchain bond (bond-i)

Market divided over new-look Cfius’ impact on foreign funds

US, UK cryptocurrency laws deterring blockchain companies

MREL rules could derail progress of challenger banks

Citibanamex: US, Mexico Nafta talks could make it easier for Canada

INTERVIEW: Laura Cha, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

Asset manager: sponsors need to do better job to prove bitcoin ETF viability

Mifid II encouraging AI boom in fixed income

PRIMER: Emir 2.2

Inside the world’s first sukuk ESG equity fund

SEC statement on CAT delay ‘exactly what industry was looking for’

Inside NET4GAS' exchange and tender offer

Growth of fixed income ETF market may impact HY bonds

On balance: when conflicts happen between Russian and EU inside information rules

Failure of SEC tick size pilot points to regulator weakness

PRIMER: Vietnam’s new competition law

Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2018: shortlist announced

Clock is ticking for SEC to implement new leverage rules

In-house counsel: following the assets is key in mainland China disputes

Phoenix Group’s tier 2 euro-denominated bullet bond assessed

IFLR European M&A forum 2018: key takeaways

HMKA: regtech is one answer to increase in regulation

Clearing industry faces cliff edge after Brexit

Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Rising Star Awards: winners announced

New York clearing could be major Brexit winner

‘Tricky’ IPO market impacted by price volatility

Publication: Structuring Liability Management Transactions

CFTC: limit application of US rules for cross-border swaps

EU Prospectus and Primary Markets Issuance Conference 2018: key takeaways

EU loan market needs to react to increasing data quality demands

EBA: EU banks’ balance sheets could get a boost from STS rules

SEC: dual-class shares should not last forever

African SMEs need to focus on corporate governance

Ratings scandal prompts action from Chinese regulator

PRIMER: operational risk – prudential regulation perspective

In-house counsel: start Libor transition sooner rather than later

Community Reinvestment Act: rework or revamp?

IFLR Middle East Awards 2018: winners revealed

International Correspondents

Features

Tax Relief

Special Features

News Analysis

Editorial

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Publication: Structuring Liability Management Transactions

Mayer Brown lawyers outline key legal and regulatory considerations for issuers looking to carry out debt management exercises in the US: a timely topic

Anna Pinedo, April 09, 2020
Sponsored by Elias Neocleous & Co

Cyprus: Amendments to alternative investment funds laws

Cyprus's new law on alternative investment funds, Law 124(I)/2018, has now entered into effect following its publication in the official gazette.

Elias Neocleous, August 28, 2018
Sponsored by Maples Group

Ireland: The domino effect of regulatory breaches

The settlement of a recent financial services regulatory enforcement action by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) highlights the interconnectedness of regulatory breaches. In brief, a failure of controls and policies can create a domino effect which triggers liabilities under the anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regime, client asset requirements and a finding that key frontline personnel are not fit and proper for their role.

John Breslin, August 28, 2018

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