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

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

Neil Miller, Linklaters Juan Manuel De Remedios, White & Case JXavier Comaills, Clifford Chance London was the hub of activity this month where one of the bigger moves saw Clifford Chance's global private equity head David Walker announce he will leave the firm to join LATHAM & WATKINS. As one of the City's leading private equity lawyers, Walker was responsible for maintaining relationships with key clients such as the Carlyle Group. Walker's move may signify the group's intention to make Latham its main firm in the UK, a relationship the two enjoy in the US. US firm REED SMITH has also been active in the London recruitment market this month. In addition to McDermott Will & Emery energy partner Rashpaul Bahia – its fourth lateral hire in this practice area in the past three years – it also announced that Clifford Chance finance partner Claude Brown will join the firm's structured products and derivatives practice.

Islamic finance is flourishing in Brazil’s high-growth economy. Here’s how potential investors can capitalise on the sector’s untapped opportunities

Joining the New York Convention was a milestone in Myanmar’s reach towards foreign investors. But challenges remain

The Telkomsel bankruptcy is the latest example of Indonesia’s creditor-friendly insolvency laws being put to questionable use

The final draft of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) has widened the proposed definition of assets considered as top class regulatory capital. Certain covered bonds could now be treated as tier 1 capital, alongside sovereign bonds.

Start again. That was the message last month from the Bank of England's financial stability head, Andrew Haldane. For too long regulators had reacted to problems that emerge by papering over cracks one at a time, Haldane complained in his acceptance speech for this year's IFLR European Regulatory Contribution Award. This has inevitably led to a regulatory patchwork of make-do-and-mend. "History locks in the idiosyncrasies and complexities of the past, generating a steadily rising tide of red tape," he explained.

There is little need for this in regulator-bank settlements When Judge Rakoff rejected a $285 million settlement between Citi and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2011, many dismissed the move as type of financial-world publicity stunt. Rakoff has long been a critic of neither-admit-nor-deny settlements, and the Citi/SEC agreement seemed to push him over the edge. Of course the bank and Commission have appealed, and of course that is still rumbling through the court system. And of course everyone expects the court to rule in favour of the appellants (a judgment is expected early this month).

The world is eagerly awaiting the internationalisation of the renminbi (RMB), but it may be further away than many believe.