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The financial crisis is bringing about extensive changes to regulatory capital rules and capital raising instruments for financial institutions. Clifford Chance experts Chris Bates, Simon Gleeson and Stephen Roith expect wide-ranging effects – and some surprises...

The reforms of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets threaten the ability of international banking groups to centralise the risk management of their cross-border derivatives business. The resulting more regionalised booking models are likely to reduce client...

The number of portfolios – both equity and debt – being sold is gathering pace, thanks to a combination of commercial and legislative pressures. However, as journalist Guy Ashworth hears from Clifford Chance experts, there are plenty of potential...

On 13 January 2011 the Basel Committee published the minimum requirements for regulatory capital to ensure loss absorbency at the point of non-viability. Together with the criteria set out in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks...

The aim of the bail-in proposal is that governments should have an alternative option to taxpayer-funded rescues of systemic banks. It operates through a mechanism whereby an insufficiently solvent bank can be returned to balance sheet stability by writing down...

Much of the discussion about bank resolution is predicated on the basis of the simplifying assumption that a bank is a single entity. In economic terms this is broadly correct, but in legal terms it is clearly not. Most banks, and all systemically important banks,...

On 12 September, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that his government is supportive of the proposals put forward in the Hungarian Parliament by FIDESZ Party MPs which plan to oblige banks in Hungary to permit borrowers to repay their foreign...

From Basel III to the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) and the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), proposed new regulations will have a far-reaching impact on the way banks do business. Journalist Brian Thompson hears Clifford Chance partners discuss how...

Yesterday the Government launched a consultation on new requirements for large banks operating in the UK to disclose the remuneration of their eight highest paid senior executives. The new disclosure regime is expected to operate from 2012. The consultation is...

Welcome to the latest edition of The View, where Clifford Chance partners share their thoughts on hot topics in the media. With the Independent Commission on Banking due to report on Monday, Clifford Chance partmers Simon Gleeson and Oliver Bretz share...