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Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has recently issued the second amendment to Rule 7 of 2012 regarding Increasing Mineral Resources Value Through Processing and Refining (Rule 7), in the form of Rule 20 of 2013 (the second amendment). The second amendment effectively put a date on the ban, which is now set at January 12 2014. Previously, the export ban, which was set at May 2013, was lifted through the first amendment to Rule 7, with the condition of obtaining several requirements including the recommendation of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. The second amendment added another requirement to the list: the recommendation for the Ministry of Trade, or an appointed government official in accordance with the prevailing regulations.

The Korea Financial Services Commission's (FSC) recent launch of a stock exchange focused on raising capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could show EU policymakers how they can spur the bloc's return to growth.

Alternative credit providers are facing a laundry list of new restrictions to ensure they aren’t the root of the next crisis. This month’s three-part cover story looks at the key issues in the global shadow banking debate

Just another example of one size not fitting all The implementation of a single supervisory mechanism (SSM) in Europe could provoke an over-simplification of prudential regulation in the region, an Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) advisor and non-executive director has warned. The SSM mechanism transfers responsibility for approximately 130 of the biggest European-based banks from eurozone national authorities to the European Central Bank (ECB). The Bank will also be responsible for the overall oversight of prudential supervision in the eurozone.

IFLR1000’s 2014 rankings identify the law firms shaping Asia and Africa’s most exciting project finance markets

Mutual recognition, stronger capital markets, and extraterritoriality are at the heart of the region’s growth prospects

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For some time now, the US has been under pressure to regulate and enforce laws on offshore accounts. The biggest gun in the government's arsenal against undeclared offshore accounts came in the form of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca), originally passed in 2010, that will take effect in July 2014. This new provision would require foreign financial institutions to report information about their US account holders to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

On October 3, ICBC became the first Asian bank to issue USD-denominated Basel III-compliant Tier 2 notes, establishing a pricing benchmark for future issuances from Asian banks

What to expect from the Chinese government’s latest foreign investment and trade strategy