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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) announced last month that it is considering several proposals to improve transparency in the equities and fixed income market.

Foreign issuers may not be tempted by Saudi’s reforms Authorities in Saudi Arabia are reportedly drafting a new framework that will allow foreign investors to buy riyal-denominated debt instruments for the first time. The announcement was a significant moment in the history of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), marking another step in the opening up of what has, to date, been one of the most restricted financial markets in the world. But Saudi Arabia is also the world's largest oil producer, with the region's biggest economy, worth $745 billion, and large private sector companies.

US firms made many lateral hires in the early days of fall. WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER gained New York-based leveraged finance lawyer Leonard Klingbaum, who had been at Kirkland & Ellis until he moved to McDermott Will & Emery in February 2014.

The definition of liquidity posited in a key piece of the post-crisis regulatory framework will not work for the swaps industry, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda).

A capital markets union is regulators’ latest attempt to diversify corporates’ funding sources. But what should the concept actually entail?

Bocom’s tier 2 bond has reconciled regulatory requirements and investor expectations, and opens the market to other issuers

The creation of Europe's second biggest telecommunications company sets a new benchmark for antitrust clearance in the region, and paves the way for more consolidation in this year's already busy telecom sector.

Putnam County Savings Bank took the unusual step last month of purchasing a Nasdaq-listed competitor in an effort to protect its core business and meet growing regulatory demand.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) guidelines on limiting leverage have sparked debate about the extent to which they will impact Europe.

Myanmar's first non-recourse financing involving international banks may open infrastructure financing in the frontier market.