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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.

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?

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.

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.

Joseph Kim, Hogan Lovells BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN may have lost 25 partners globally over the past few weeks, but its Hong Kong office benefited from the arrival of corporate partners Matthew Puhar and Charles Rogers. KIRKLAND & ELLIS's Hong Kong practice also strengthened its Asia corporate practice by bringing in Ropes & Gray private equity expert Gary Li. DLA Piper in Singapore lost capital markets expert and India head Biswajit Chatterjee to SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS, a week after the firm saw the exit of Asia head Bob Charlton to BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER in Hong Kong as its new head of Asia and managing partner.

Jaime de la Torre On May 7 2013, the new alternative fixed-income securities market (MARF) was created in Spain through a resolution passed by the AIAF management company's board of directors (governing body). The MARF enables companies (whose circumstances prevent them from accessing official secondary markets) to obtain financing through the issue of fixed-income securities. The MARF is legally configured as a multilateral trading system, directed and managed by the governing body. The Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) supervises MARF's governing body.

Until AIFMD is fully transposed, can AIFMs be confident that they can use the marketing and management passports as seamlessly as they are intended?

Gerardo Nuñez Money and assets laundering is the process by which the sources of funds generated by illicit or criminal activities are covered or hidden. Laundering creates the illusion that the funds are the result of legitimate activities moving smoothly within the financial system. This process of contamination is a complex and serious threat to the international community, which directly affects the financial system, government and social welfare of the nations involved. Therefore, it needs to be made a priority on their financial, economic and political agendas, so they can develop dynamic and coordinated systems of prevention and control along with legal entities and regulations capable of preventing the growth and spread of this practice.