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A rare Indonesian power project is set to spark renewed interest in the country's geothermal sector. Here's why

Asset managers are the latest financial entity to be targeted for Sifi designation. But they are also the best placed to contest a decision via the courts

IFLR can reveal how Myanmar’s century-old Companies Act will modernise with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank's technical assistance programme

The French company has completed a financing first that gives French sponsors a new way to avoid safeguard proceedings

With many rules not yet finalised, regulators in the Europe and US should reconsider their approach to policing securitisation markets, according to Melissa D Beck of Morrison & Foerster

Bitcoin and other virtual currencies have been in the news recently as one Bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, went bankrupt and reporters chased the purported creator of Bitcoin around Los Angeles. Given their growing popularity, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) thought it necessary to issue guidance on virtual currency, such as Bitcoin, in Notice 2014-21. The Notice, which is in the format of answers to frequently asked questions, describes how existing tax principles apply to transactions involving virtual currency.

Are reforms to transform China’s IPO approval system into a registration system create a market-based and rule-of-law-based system of funding?

EBRD's Gian Piero Cigna analyses the results of a study which reveals that regulators in transition countries must reassess their regimes to permit boards to operate independently

Deal counsel must now navigate a minefield of sanctions against Russia. IFLR examines how the restrictions have impacted the country’s business environment

Last month’s Delaware court ruling could provide boards with a significant tool to defend against activist hedge funds