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Banking & Finance weekly highlights—10 May 2018

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Published on: 10 May 2018

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Shipping finance
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas v Owners of the Motor Vessel Sertao
Islamic finance
Malaysia sits atop the Islamic finance industry with $612bn in domestic and international issuances
Derivatives
Central counterparties
BIS releases OTC derivatives statistics
Regulation of derivatives & structured products
EMIR
Restructuring

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Article summary

This week’s edition of the Banking & Finance highlights includes news analysis on the potential impacts of adopting the SONIA ‘risk free’ reference rate, the Bank of International Settlements releases OTC derivatives statistics and analysis on the new Insolvency Proceedings Practice Direction.

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