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The same regulatory consideration that drove GE Capital to announce the sale of the bulk of its global assets will also drive who is eligible and willing to buy them

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

The record-breaking deal signals greater flexibility in the use of underlying assets

Keepwells are just like love letters, apparently Chinese corporate issuers are now able to guarantee their bonds, but investors have said that regulatory restraints mean support mechanisms remain popular.

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

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

Law 2/2015, which was approved last April 20 2015 by the Macau Legislative Assembly, amended Article 70 of the Labour Relations Act

Regulators have given financial institutions new responsibilities Anti-money laundering (AML) regulations are no longer a US or EU-only concern, with Asian jurisdictions now meeting – and sometimes surpassing – international expectations. AML compliance is increasingly a focus worldwide. In March the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) ordered Commerzbank to pay $1.45 billion for AML failures primarily in its private banking business in Singapore. In February, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (Fatf) published a report around the financing of terrorist organisation Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

The central bank is introducing measures to promote the use of local currency. But new hedging requirements could have unintended consequences

Last month's ruling in the Federal House Finance Authority's (FHFA) case against Nomura and RBS may mark the beginning of closure for the residential-mortgage backed securities (RMBS) market, after the beating it has taken following the financial crisis. The blows to RMBS were both physical to its value, and emotional to its reputation.