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Silvia Canales The regulatory dynamics affecting companies that run their businesses in sectors under the inspection and surveillance of a regulatory and supervisory authority, require an understanding of a multiplicity of rules of different levels and sources. Those rules, promoted by the different regulators, are aimed at ensuring that the businesses are developed with a high level of public interest in mind.

Homburger partner Daniel Haeberli analyses how Switzerland’s proposed prospectus regime could impact issuances of structured products

Asset-backed securities fell out of favour after the financial crisis but they are gradually returning - and evolving

The opening of the country’s corporate debt market has attracted investor interest. But attitudes are different when it comes to offshore and onshore issuances

US courts have amended their approach to disclosure only settlements of M&A litigation

The Islamic finance market has stalled at a critical point. But only global standards and a concerted effort to promote them can reopen the door to growth

The government has had to save a number of national banks from collapsing but the EU prohibition on bailout means it’s had to look to capital markets

Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah In December 2016, the Indonesian president issued a new regulation paving the way for Indonesia's ministry of finance to provide land procurement funding to projects with national strategic value, but with insufficient funding to complete the necessary land acquisition.

Will China’s appetite for e-money overcome regulatory restrictions? China is poised to join the ranks of countries with their own sovereign-backed digital currency platforms, with this new medium expected to be leveraged to combat money laundering and tax transparency issues. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) successfully completed a test application of a blockchain-supported digital currency developed on transactions and settlements of bank acceptance bills in December. The central bank has also announced plans to launch a digital currency research institute to develop big data systems, cryptography and blockchain technology.

A plan mooted by the European Banking Authority's (EBA) chairman Andrea Enria to create an EU-wide designated fund for dealing with the continent's bad loan problems has been met with a lukewarm response.