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Indonesia's parliament has appointed Bank Indonesia deputy governor Muliaman D Hadad to head the board of commissioners of its new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK). Here's how the OJK will alter Indonesia's regulatory environment.

In London this month the largest team hire was completed by PROSKAUER ROSE which took on three capital markets partners in the form of Peter Castellon from Citigroup, Roberto Bruno from Cravath Swaine & Moore, and Katherine Mulhern from Kaye Scholer. These latest moves follow the firm's recent expansion in the investment funds area, which in itself followed the collapse of the firm's proposed merger with SJ Berwin. Another capital markets move was that of Alan Davies who left Linklaters to take up a new position with SIMMONS & SIMMONS.

AMF’s Edouard Vieillefond Edouard Vieillefond, the managing director in charge of the regulatory policy and international affairs division of the French securities regulator has told IFLR how he would like to see shadow banking regulated. In an exclusive interview, the AMF (autorité des marchés financiers) chief said he thought that the Financial Stability Board's all-encompassing approach is the right one.

Indian corporates have historically looked towards Europe for acquisitions. But speakers at IFLR's India Outbound Investment Forum held on July 5 explained how they can exploit the euro crisis.

A global sukuk market is developing. Here are the lessons being learnt by the countries, and companies, leading the way

Beginning on January 1 2013, the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) will impose a withholding tax of 30% on any United States-sourced income received from any offshore funds or foreign financial institutions (FFIs)

The Management of Financial Crises Law of 2011, as amended by Law 40(I) of 2012 is an enabling measure which regulates the delegation of powers to the Council of Ministers and to the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) in order to allow intervention to address liquidity or solvency problems of the financial system and to strengthen the capital base and the financial position of financial institutions in Cyprus during periods of financial crisis where, in the absence of such support, these institutions will cause systemic disruptions in the financial system.

In 2012 the Greek parliament, under its loan commitments and in coordination with its European partners and the IMF, undertook the obligation to comprehensively review the existing feed-in tariff (FIT) structure and set out a number of alternatives by preparing a plan for the reform of the renewable energy sources support schemes to make them more compatible with market developments and to reduce the pressures on public finances

Local lawyers have warned of the steps foreign sponsors and investors must take to protect future Bolivian mining projects, following the announced nationalisation of Glencore's local tin and zinc mine.

The first public health infrastructure project to be financed in Peru's capital markets received an investment grade rating, in the absence of government guarantees.