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Hew Kian Heong Michelle Li In China, Herbert Smith Freehills hired three new projects partners from Pinsent Masons. This closely followed the ending of the alliance between Pinsents and Chinese firm Hesen Law Firm.

The US Federal Reserve has aligned its latest rules for a number of G-Sibs’ contractual requirements to the resolution regimes applicable to these entities

While a repeat of the 1997 financial crisis is a possibility, it's an unlikely one. 'Asia is much better equipped, much more advanced now, and much more resilient,' IMF Asia-Pacific department director Changyong Rhee recently told Chinese media Xinhua.

The Commission’s Chairman talks to IFLR’s John Crabb about the need to balance derivatives market regulation and financial system stability with economic growth and prosperity

China is burying itself under a mountain of debt

Initial coin offerings are giving regulators a headache because they don’t play by traditional rules. How should they be approached?

On August 30 2017, the Brazilian Central Bank released Public Consultation 55/2017, which proposes the regulation of certain types of credit transactions carried out exclusively via electronic lending platforms. The proposed regulation fits in with the trend for the Brazilian authorities to stimulate financial inclusion through the regulation of mobile payment tools, credit unions and equity crowdfunding. It also follows the regulatory template of other markets such as the UK – a regulatory sandbox safe house, where rules become more stringent as the entity grows.

As far back as 1987, through the 2008 financial crisis and on to this very month, the concept of integrating the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) has been an ongoing discussion that has neither gained steam nor gone away. The US is unusual in having a financial regulatory system that has evolved organically, and equally unusual it has distinct agencies that regulate the securities and derivatives spaces.

Trying to get rid of non-performing loans (NPLs) in Europe is akin to digging a hole with a spoon – an already painstakingly drawn out process that's made even longer by the lack of adequate tools to deal with the problem.

IFLR talks to Therium co-founder and director Neil Purslow about the rise of third party litigation financing in the financial sector, and how the market is expected to evolve in the next few years