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BBVA's Agustin Martin Calmarza and Aaron Baker explain why ABS is key to Europe’s move towards a more market-focussed system of funding

Widespread defaults by Indian borrowers have prompted banks to find new ways to recover debt. Verus's Krishnayan Sen explains how they are invoking the RBI Master Circular

A failed challenge to the CFTC’s extraterritorial reach has caused disappointment. But Linklaters' Caird Forbes-Cockell, Noah Melnick and Edward Ivey explain why the regulator’s new chief could be the silver lining

Following the release of its dual-class concept paper, Shearman & Sterling's Jayesh Wadhwani asks whether the exchange must allow these structures to remain competitive

Both detractors and supporters of the recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have argued that their side benefits the city-state as a financial centre – and conversely, that the other's views would doom the city's international reputation.

B y the time you read this, you'll be living in a single supervisory world. On November 4 the European Central Bank (ECB), under the auspices of its Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) will become fully responsible for 130 eurozone banks, and some non-eurozone member states too.

Since the onset of the financial crisis, the tightening of regulation to strengthen and protect the global banking system has been a constant source of debate. The critical question posed by politicians, regulators and the general public is where to strike the balance between security and flexibility.

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.