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  • Cleary Gottlieb’s Gabriele Apfelbacher, Michael Kern and Valentin Pfisterer explain the new waterfall for bank bonds
  • Paul Volcker, former Federal Reserve chairman, spoke exclusively to IFLR about his eponymous rule last month. He said the Volcker Rule, a part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, has carried out his basic intent: banning federally-backed banks from speculative activity. But Volcker believes that more clarity is needed over the regulation.
  • Brigette Baillie, Herbert Smith Freehills Caroline Sherrell, White & Case In Paris the most notable appointment saw DECHERT hire leading M&A lawyer Laurent Faugerolas, who joined the US firm after a near-three year hiatus from legal practice. He left to establish a boutique M&A advisory consultancy firm in London, after spells at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
  • Regulators are worried that the market is overheating. It’s too soon to tell if their concerns are justified
  • In-house counsel in Hong Kong have called for Chinese authorities to provide clarity over the regulatory regimes governing offshore RMB bond issuance.
  • GDP-linked warrants issued as part of Ukraine's $18 billion debt exchange contain unprecedented creditor protections, making them the closest thing possible to having equity in a country.
  • So, which is it to be? Liquid bond markets or highly capitalised banks?
  • Your average private bank? Underwriters in Asia are fed up with inflated orders. The practice itself – which sees investors request more securities than they actually want, knowing the bookrunner won't fill their entire order – is not isolated to Asia's primary markets. But with a relatively large proportion of the region's wealth controlled by high-net-worth individuals, the private banks that steer these empires are emerging as the prime culprits.
  • India has stepped up its game to compete with China in internationalising its currency, with Prime Minister Modi recently announcing a government-backed railway's listing of a rupee-denominated bond on the London Stock Exchange.
  • Frenetic, argumentative and growing a little too quickly. European high-yield has clearly been experiencing its teenage years. But in 2016 the market will find its feet. In addition to the first wave of restructures – and the valuable lessons that come with it – there will be more constructive dialogue between issuers and investors, and more diversified use of funds.