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On February 18 2015, Qatar issued Law 1 of 2015, amending certain provisions of the Labour Law 14 of 2004

Opaque definitions are preventing the asset class truly taking off. Here's what must change

As Europe's financial regulatory onslaught approaches its end, attention is turning to market inefficiencies that have fallen by the wayside. These are the issues that receive very little press. Often because they are not contentious, and contrary to the post-crisis anti-regulator mindset, market overseers are not to blame.

Risk and regulatory change have defined private sector dealflow. But sovereign issuance remains buoyant, according to IFLR’s new quarterly Latin America focus

China's interpretation of some international conventions as well as its broad state secrecy laws and regulations have constructed a type of firewall around its financial institutions. This has, essentially, rendered them nearly immune from the jurisdiction of other countries' courts and regulatory agencies. That may have short-term benefits – namely avoiding litigation in the US – but could ultimately harm their integration into the global financial system.

Joel Moss, Shearman & Sterling Summer may be around the corner but lateral hires throughout the Americas have not slowed down. One of the most heralded developments came on the west coast as SIDLEY AUSTIN hired Dan Clivner, former head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's Los Angeles branch, as co-managing partner of the firm's LA office. Clivner specialises in telecom, media, and retail sector deals, often with a private equity component. On the east coast, GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER announced the hiring of partner Victoria Shusterman from Katten Muchin Rosenman. Shusterman has a commercial real-estate finance practice with a focus on banks, investors, Reits, and insurance companies. In another loss for Katten's New York office, GREENBERG TRAURIG brought aboard Anthony Perricone as a shareholder. Perricone specialises in fund formation for a broad client base encompassing investment managers, private fund sponsors and institutional investors.

A recent EU ruling on illicit information exchange is of particular resonance for banks and brokers

On April 18 2015, the Cyprus parliament approved a new package of insolvency laws, aimed at streamlining and modernising the existing system and promoting a rescue culture

The Chinese government's economic retreat has undermined its implicit backstop of state-owned entities (SOE). Investors have emphasised the importance of credit research in the country.

A collection of senior central bank officials and regulators have issued a report warning of the evolving risks surrounding algorithmic trading.