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  • Outbound investment soared last year. Several government initiatives – including the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank – mean 2015 could see even more activity
  • Plans for an EU capital markets union coincide with a review of the prospectus regime. The goal is to create a simpler, more harmonised prospectus regime
  • Hong Kong has proposed a regime to ensure creditors will be able to recover value if liquidation is a more favourable solution than resolution. But practical implementation will be challenging
  • The acting deputy director-general for mergers at the EC’s Directorate-General for Competition discusses key cases and its priorities for 2015
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  • A Hong Kong tribunal started a preliminary hearing last month, involving a US short seller called Citron Research. So far, so standard: the practice of short selling itself has been a part of markets since the 1600s and Kong Hong has historically frowned upon it.
  • Local regulators’ and courts’ approach to successor liabilities means distressed M&A opportunities may not be a sweet as they first appear
  • The aftermath of the financial crisis has led to a lot of changes, and they are not over yet. It's inevitable for countries and markets to look to what areas need the most attention and improvement. But they should also focus on the regulators who have been at the centre of these reforms and who themselves require some updating.
  • US activist investors are now moving into Australia. But its strict association rules could be a hurdle to their success.
  • Banks may be forced to rethink their internal models for valuing complex assets as regulators seek greater comparability across products and financial institutions.