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Move over exchange-traded funds. The next incarnation of funds-capital markets collaboration will look more like Apax's £585 million ($876 million) vehicle it listed in London last June. Known as Apax Global Alpha, it pools cash on behalf of institutional investors and acquires companies and other operating assets.

Asia’s financial centre is a latecomer to the world of competition. Starting this month companies must adjust to new prohibitions and new regulators

Panda bonds, Greek CoCos and high-yield restructures are among the asset classes and market developments to watch over the coming 12 months

Yingling Wei and Janet Hui of Jun He law firm assess the dos and don’ts when seeking deal approval from Mofcom

Carlos Fradique-Mendez Alejandro León Quiroga After Colombia gained an investment grade rating in 2012, the offering of foreign securities-related products and services increased substantially. This was accompanied by a consistent intensification of the enforcement efforts on applicable regulations by the Colombian Superintendence of Finance (SFC) in order to control and supervise how the offering of such products and services was being made in Colombia or to Colombian residents. This has resulted in the imposition of sanctions.

Rodrigo Taboada Over recent years, the Nicaraguan financial system has progressively grown and strengthened. According to recent studies of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUNIDES) the financial sector growth rate is second only to the construction sector among the economic sectors that are included within the monthly economic activity index.

Elias Neocleous The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced a new accelerated procedure in order to expedite the examination and determination of pending applications for authorisation.

Julian M Hashim Jeannie Goon Section 133A of the Companies Act 1965 (Companies Act) explicitly prohibits the provision of financial assistance to persons connected with the directors of a company, including an associated company. Paragraph 8.23 of the Bursa Malaysia Main Market Listing Requirements (MMLR) on the other hand provides that, except as otherwise provided under law and subject to certain pre-conditions, a public listed company or its non-listed subsidiaries may provide financial assistance in the form of advance, guarantee, indemnity or to provide collateral for a debt in favour of its associated company.

Işıl Ökten Erdi Yıldırım Sukuk issuances were regulated under the Communiqué on Lease Certificates and Asset Lease Companies Serial III, number 43 (Former Communiqué) dated April 1 2010, by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB). Three years later, the CMB published the new Communiqué on Lease Certificates III-61.1 (New Communiqué) dated June 7 2013, which introduced new types of sukuk (lease certificate) issuances.

Daniel Futej Rudolf Sivák An amendment to the act on public procurement came into force on November 1 2015. One of its goals is to make public procurement transparent through the creation of a register (the Register) of beneficial owners – those who take part in public procurement. Public procurement is particularly understood to mean the procurement of goods and services by governmental agencies, municipalities and other authorities that are publicly financed. The Register should allow identification of the real owners (beneficial owners), and not just the ostensible (paper) owners, of entities that participate directly or indirectly in the public procurement process. The Register does not apply to other forms of governmental expenditure, such as state subsidies, transfers of state property, contributions from European funds, or claims made against the government.