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By Iril Hiswara, Sakurayuki and Brian Scott of Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung

By Abigail St John Kennedy of Dillon Eustace

Managers should not be lulled into a false sense of security by the scarcity and narrowness of special M&A rules. Plenty of general law imposes obligations on company managers, says Reinhard Pöllath of P+P Pöllath + Partners

Securitization techniques could double aid payments to developing nations, say Mark Nicolaides, John-Patrick Sweny and Hannah Dutch

In an effort to regain public trust after the Indonesia's banking crisis in 1998, the Indonesian government provided a blanket guarantee over all of a bank's obligations to its depositors. Regulations on the blanket guarantee were provided under Presidential Decree 26 (1998) on Guarantee of Commercial Banks Obligations, which was further amended on February 27 2004 by Presidential Decree 17 (2004).

James Cole, Jeremy Dickens and Ellen Odoner look at what UK companies should learn from US disclosure to help prepare the new Operating and Financial Review

The ownership battle over Nippon Broadcasting System Inc (NBS) has ignited discussions about Japanese M&A rules.

The Finnish prospectus rules are being amended to implement the EU Prospectus Directive, which regulates the publishing of prospectuses when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading. The Finnish Ministry of Finance has appointed a working group to prepare a proposal for a government Bill to implement the Prospectus Directive and amend the Finnish provisions on liability for the contents of a prospectus. The deadline for implementation as set out in the Directive is July 1 2005.

Dan Andrews assesses the threat posed to private equity houses by public sector disclosure requirements

Robert Mullen, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy advised on one of the most high-profile initial public offerings (IPOs) of the year - the $207 million flotation of International Securities Exchange (ISE) on the New York Stock Exchange. The deal was the first time a US options exchange listed on a stock market and also saw the biggest first-day climb in share price of any IPO since 2001. Milbank Tweed advised ISE on the deal, having worked with the exchange since its inception in 1999. Robert Mullen and James Ball were the firm's lead partners. Cleary Gottlieb acted for the underwriters, Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley, through partners Leslie Silverman and Sung Kang.