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A better approach to keeping banks on benchmark panels? Regulatory compulsion is shaping up as a key battleground in benchmark rate reform, as more banks quit rate-setting panels. New rules governing the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) that took effect in April keep panel participation voluntary, for now. But the European Commission has warned banks may be forced to submit to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor).

CoCos are set to take greater risks

The International Finance Corporation's (IFC) investment into Bhutan National Bank (BNB) is the largest foreign direct investment into Bhutan. It signals growing interest in the fast-growing frontier market.

The Bank Bill Swap reference rate (BBSW) process has been held-up as a model for the rest of the world, following the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) manipulation scandal.

Chinese state-owned entity (SOE) China Minmetals has issued the largest single-tranche offshore renminbi bond among state-approved issuers. It highlights how these issuances have evolved since Baosteel's first offshore renminbi bond.

Records broken at IFLR’s annual Americas awards

All the winners from IFLR’s annual European awards

As bank liquidity dries up, the market’s future rides on its participants’ ability to innovate. Here’s what will and won’t work

James Chapman, Bingham McCutchen Jaroslaw Hawrylewicz, O’Melveny & Myers April proved a relatively quiet month in the Americas region, though a few key moves still occurred. In New York O'MELVENY & MYERS enhanced its capital markets team with the addition of senior counsel Jaroslaw Hawrylewicz from Barclays Capital. Hawrylewicz focuses on equity derivatives and synthetic products. MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY has been busy hiring in both Europe and the US recently. The trend continued last month as the New York office added corporate partner Brian Hoffmann from Clifford Chance, where he had acted as co-chair of the Americas M&A practice. He had previously worked at McDermott between 1995 and 1999.

Shinsei Bank’s latest project financing paves the way for greater foreign investment in Japan’s green energy sector