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Panama and the UK have shared diplomatic ties since 1908. The US brought the highest amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Panama in 2018, with the UK coming in eighth position in the FDI stakes. The 2015 FDI figures saw the UK in fourth spot after the US, Colombia and Switzerland (with a total of 6% of FDI into Panama).

Fund managers say that trustees are expected to do a lot more than they are paid for. They want to see a better risk mitigation toolbox to help manage defaults

The SEC actively endorsed commission sharing agreements in its latest no-action relief, making market participants more comfortable with the model

Save for the odd outlier, English law continues to dominate loan markets. Here, Swiss pharma company Roche explains its rationale for switching

Asset managers generally appear ready for the latest phase of the IM rules but there is still uncertainty over how many are in scope

In order to maximise the potential of more than 15 commercial treaties that have been signed by the Republic of Panama, the country's Ministry of Trade and Industry has recently created a special office within the ministry called the 'commercial intelligence unit' (INTELCOM). This unit will provide knowledge to Panamania-based companies, including on what products the main commercial partners of the country are importing, who their main suppliers are, and details of opportunities that national products have under the commercial treaties. The main objective of INTELCOM will be to gather commercial intelligence relating to foreign trade, in order to efficiently reorientate Panama's productive strategies and decision making, in actions to support export development. INTELCOM will also develop business intelligence through different tools such as market research and interviews with local exporters and Panama's embassies and consulates throughout the world. This valuable information will be processed, analysed, interpreted and disseminated, in order to take advantage of business opportunities that have been identified and may be developed in Panama. INTELCOM will also oversee the strengthening of technology transfer related to the production and commercialisation permitted under the commercial treaties, in order to increase the productivity and competition of the private sector in Panama.

IFLR looks at what listed companies will need to do: plenty of extra reporting and compliance efforts

The euro risk-free rate working group has not yet produced a fallback for Euribor, which unlike Libor is not scheduled for formal discontinuation

According to the Bank of England, only around 10% of the market needs a term rate alternative to Sonia – meaning the rest is unlikely to have access

Two years in, the landmark data privacy regulation has made its mark on global business practices and culture