Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Thailand regulator launches climate risk guidelines for asset managers

“This will not only bring about optimal benefits to the asset owners but also help to develop the Thai capital market,”

China and Trinidad and Tobago seeking to strengthen trade and investment relationship

They agreed on a work plan of activities to increase Trinidad and Tobago exports in Asia

Malaysia regulator requires ratings agencies to have independent majority boards

“This development also points to greater demand and need for independent, high quality, timely and reliable assessments to enable investors to make informed investment decisions and at the same time, promote better market confidence,”

Japan yields break central bank ceiling as markets press for policy shift

The stress was evident across the yield curve, forcing the BOJ to announce two separate rounds of emergency buying worth around US$13.9 billion combined.

AAT upholds Olive Financial Markets’ AFS licence cancellation

On 13 March 2020, ASIC cancelled Olive’s AFS licence.

Interim stop order placed on the Pivotal Diversified Fund

ASIC reminds financial product issuers that under DDO, they must define target markets for their products appropriately, having regard to the risks and features of their products.

MAS revises the Code of Corporate Governance to reflect independent director tenure limit and mandatory renumeration disclosure for directors and CEOs

These revisions to the Code and Listing Rules are in line with the recommendations made by the Corporate Governance Advisory Committee (CGAC) on 13 September 2022, which were in response to the review of SGX-listed companies’ corporate governance di

Bank of Korea working hard to ensure economy's soft landing -governor

The Bank of Korea, together with the government, will do its best in making sophisticated policy responses to achieve a soft landing of the South Korean economy, during this time of clouded visibility

Malaysia securities regulator promotes duo to managing directors, deputy CEO to leave

Kamarudin will also continue to oversee market and corporate supervision while Azalina will retain responsibility for strategy and policy.

Jack Ma’s Ant Wins Approval for $1.5 Billion Capital Plan

The deal resolves a key hurdle for Ant as it seeks to meet requirements from regulators following a crackdown on its business after its record initial public offering was torpedoed in 2020.

Linklaters advises DKSH on its acquisition of DNIV Group in Singapore

The Linklaters team was led by Singapore-based corporate partner and global co-head of TMT Niranjan Arasaratnam.

Japan's Nakao sees smoother path for Kuroda's successor with BOJ policy shift

"The BOJ has not succeeded so much in raising inflation expectations and bringing down real interest rates while side-effects became larger. I was thinking the current framework must be modified sooner or later,"

Linklaters advises on Thailand’s tech unicorn LINE MAN Wongnai’s US$265m Series B fundraising

With the investment, LINE MAN Wongnai has achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over US$1bn, making it one of Thailand's largest technology startup by valuation.

Vietnam c.bank buys dollars to shore up reserves after selloff

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) earlier this year was forced to sell a large amount of U.S. dollars to the market to support the dong, which has hit record lows in recent months from capital outflows as the U.S. Federal Reserve repeatedly raises interest

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