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  • Developed countries have built the required infrastructure in most of the various sectors, including ports, railways, energy and sanitation. There is a sector that has been consistently growing in recent years, one which is in constant evolution and which continues to advance in leaps and bounds: the technology sector.
  • Catherine Young Hagerty Bruce Hoffman In the latest transatlantic combination, WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE has merged with UK strategic partner BOND DICKINSON creating a firm with £340 million in combined revenues. The new firm, Womble Bond Dickinson, will go live on October 1 with 1,000 lawyers, 420 partners, 15 US offices and eight UK offices.
  • First published by the Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code in February 2014, the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors – Japan's Stewardship Code experienced its first amendment on May 29 2017.
  • A brief summary of recent legal developments in Thailand affecting doing business in the country follows.
  • Even though M&A deal flow in Africa has remained steady in the past few years, there are still some obstacles to closing a transaction, according to panellists at IFLR’s Africa Forum in London
  • Panellists at this IFLR event agreed: Mifid II, Priips and other EU legislation focusing on derivatives will give the market more headaches in 2017
  • In 2016, the Philippine banking system was at the centre of an unprecedented cyberheist where $81 million supposedly stolen from the Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, ended up in the Philippine financial system and was eventually lost in the blossoming casino industry. The natural question would be whether the people who allowed the entry and movement of the funds had any liability under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
  • On May 23 2017, Law 3/17, which amends the law on the prevention of money laundering activities – Law 2/2006 (AML Law) – came into force. (Further details of the objectives and particulars of the amendments can be found in the March 2017 Macau briefing here: www.iflr.com/Article/3664320/Macau-AML-framework-developments.html).
  • It's been a few months of ups and downs for the global financial markets. Brexit and Donald Trump, as well as other government elections and reshuffles in a number of jurisdictions have all played a role in upsetting the stability of the markets.
  • Transfer limits are affecting liquidity. Changes need to be made to the framework to allow more flexibility