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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.

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

On July 22 2013, the new EU regime on licensing and supervision of alternative investment funds (AIFs) took effect, as Delegated Regulation (231/2013) supplementing the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (2011/61/EU) (the AIFMD) entered into force. Cyprus had already transposed the AIFMD into national law earlier in July, in the form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Law of 2013 (Law 56(I) of 2013: the AIFM Law).

John Breslin The Irish Parliament passed the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (the Act) in December 2012, as part of its commitment to reform key areas of Irish law in the context of troika funding. It is being implemented over the course of 2013, and is not yet fully in force. The Act represents a major reform of personal insolvency law, creating new processes as an alternative to bankruptcy. The suitability of any of the new processes in a given situation will depend on the level of the debt, and whether it is secured or unsecured. The Act also makes fundamental changes to bankruptcy law in Ireland. It has significant implications for banks holding or purchasing distressed assets. The highlights of the Act are as follows:

Who took home what from IFLR’s expanded 2013 awards ceremony

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

There was a time when the heady combination of economic liberalisation and technology seemed fated to drive ever-increasing volumes of goods, capital and people across borders. Global cross-border capital flows, for example – including lending, foreign direct investment, and equity and bond purchases – rose from $0.5 trillion in 1980 to a peak of $11.8 trillion in 2007, according to the McKinsey Global Institute.

Given it is the world's biggest economy, the US is in an unusual position. It is working to attract foreign investor interest. While states have long competed for foreign direct investment (FDI), the US government is becoming more involved after the October shutdown and its near-default shook investor confidence.

A comparison of the EU risk retention rules and the latest US proposals reveals two fundamentally different approaches to regulating securitisation

Qihoo 360's convertible bond was not only the first this year but also the largest ever such offering from a US-listed Chinaco.