“In both cases it is the question of ‘Does it affect my contract?’ and ‘If my contract is English law governed, do I care about Cypriot law or is it just a matter of English law?’ And then that goes to the conflicts of law positions as to which law prevails.”
“In both cases it is the question of ‘Does it affect my contract?’ and ‘If my contract is English law governed, do I care about Cypriot law or is it just a matter of English law?’ And then that goes to the conflicts of law positions as to which law prevails.”
—David Wakeling, derivatives and structured finance partner at Allen & Overy in London, on why capital controls in Cyprus are the main source of concern among clients.
The German state development bank this week proved a digital bond can survive losing its registrar. It was another proof of concept for digitalised bonds but only the ECB can make the market real
Investor appetite for CLO ETFs is increasing in Europe, as the asset class matures. But regulation and investor wariness may limit the eventual size of the market, writes Thomas Hopkins, meaning it will be some time before it can reach the scale of that in the US