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The Trump government appears intent on repealing Obama-era regulation no matter the actual cost to individuals

The US government is blocking inbound M&A at levels never seen before. What is the reason behind this unprecedented change in approach?

Italy's election has made the EU's worst fears a reality. The election saw a stunning rejection of the EU and massive support for eurosceptic parties, including the far-right League that became the largest conservative party in Italy. Negotiations are ongoing to form a functioning government and several permutations could arise, but the most probable conclusion politically is a coalition involving the 5 Star Movement, the League and potentially Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia. League has strongly favoured exiting the EU and the euro previously, and taken a hardline stance against immigration, venturing into clear racism on occasions. Just after her election as mayor of Cascina, in Tuscany, Susanna Ceccardi posted a cartoon of a young woman dressed as a Viking kicking a dark-skinned pig dressed in a turban who dropped a Koran, with the words 'wake up Europe' underneath. Since the election campaign began, their stance on the EU has softened somewhat but they are likely to be a big obstacle in any plans to pull member states closer.

2017 was a record year for green bonds, as total value reached $155 billion, with a growing number of issuances coming from Asia. China contributed $36.4 billion to the total, just after the US and France. India however was only in ninth place in spite of very ambitious renewable energy targets. The majority of issuances came from banks, which were responsible for 74% of total issues.

It's one of the most contentions topics in the US financial regulation sector at the moment: the Senate's financial deregulation bill, which is set to unpick parts of the Dodd-Frank Act. When the Act was passed in 2010, it was hailed as the band aid with would help the financial sector heal and get its strength back.

Diversifying the sources of funding and reducing their dependency on bankers: SMEs can kill two birds with one stone

The Irish parliament is debating a bill which, if passed, would regulate the owners of Irish loan portfolios. The proposed legislation – the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) [Amendment] Bill 2018 (the Bill) is understood to have been triggered by reports of intended loan sales by particular retail banks in Ireland. Since 2015, non-regulated owners of loan portfolios comprising loans to consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been required to appoint a regulated credit servicer to manage the portfolio. This was to ensure that consumers and SMEs would continue to enjoy their statutory customer protection even though their creditor was unregulated. Broadly, this ensured consumers and SMEs were in the same position as if facing a regulated retail bank. However, in some political circles this regime has been perceived as providing insufficient protection to borrowers.

Since September 21 2017, the Colombian regulatory authorities have focused their efforts on enacting regulations that provide supervision to financial conglomerates and demand certain financial and corporate governance standards from the companies and the vehicles involved in the composition of such groups.

The member state is looking to launch a so-called bad bank to tackle its pile of sour debt. But some obstacles lie ahead

Over two months in, and the new rules are not having the impact they were initially expected to