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The FMSB chairman explains how to bridge the gap between principles and granularity in the post-crisis environment

Closing M&A deals is getting harder as protectionism and antitrust oversight grows. Voluntary filings and building regulatory rapport may be the solution

A European company may be drawn to this market if it operates in the life sciences sector and needs to raise significant funding

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.

Following up on the issuance of a peer-to-peer lending regulation by Indonesia's Financial Service Authority (OJK) late last year (which was the subject of the Indonesia briefing back in February 2017), the OJK has released a circular letter setting up further guidelines on the governance and risk management aspects of peer-to-peer lending operators in Indonesia.

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) recently announced that its financial regulatory operations will be restructured to meet the new demands of the regulatory landscape. They will be restructured to comprise two 'pillars' or functions. The first will be prudential regulation covering credit institutions, insurance and reinsurance undertakings and asset management. The second will be financial conduct covering consumer protection, securities, markets supervision and enforcement. There will also be a policy and risk directorate which will support both pillars, but will be part of the financial conduct function for administrative purposes.

On a recent trip to Sao Paolo, a local told me that there are three ways to get rich in Brazil: become a politician or a judge, or open a church. While this list may not be exhaustive, and likely untrue, nowhere is the sentiment more pertinent than in this country.

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.

No rest for the EU financial markets this summer

Chinese capital markets are heating up A combination of a depreciated Chinese currency and crackdown on speculation on real estate has, among other things, pushed Chinese companies to tap the international high yield bond market. But, when IFLR reported in late April on the influx of PRC issuers – a growing number of whom are local government-owned entities based in third or fourth-tier cities – issuing high yield dollar paper offshore, the country's regulators had not publicly responded to potential default concerns. Only the Shenzhen branch of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) was reported to have required corporates based in Shenzhen raising mid-to-long-term offshore dollar debt to submit credit ratings reports issued by Moody's, S&P or Fitch as supplementary documentary evidence.