02/04/2016
According to Bloomberg News, Chinese people have been flocking to Hong Kong to buy insurance policies, which typically come with better service than on the mainland, with the purchases by mainland visitors in Hong Kong reaching HK$21.1bn ($2.7bn) by the e
02/04/2016
ASIC Deputy Chair Peter Kell said ASIC's Wealth Management Project was removing from industry financial advisers who did not meet the standards ASIC and the community expected.
02/04/2016
The rule changes would apply to funds under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor program
02/04/2016
BSI is a relative latecomer in Singapore's private banking scene, having started business here only in 2010.
02/03/2016
China central bank wants lenders to exercise greater control over wealth management funds
02/03/2016
Goldman Sachs’ conduct fell far short of the standards expected of a financial advisor under the Takeovers Code in that between 8 November 2013 and 6 January 2014:
02/03/2016
Global law firm sets up in Singapore
It will focus on offering tax and estate planning advice to high net worth families and family-controlled businesses in South-east Asia which have US business interests.
02/02/2016
Appleby advised China Rongzhong on HKEX Listing
Goodwin Procter and Commerce & Finance Law Office were the Hong Kong and PRC legal advisers to the sponsors and underwriters, respectively.
02/02/2016
Guernsey and China begin successful law student exchange
It is hoped that Ms Huang's visit will be the first in an ongoing programme between Guernsey law firms and ECUPL students.
02/02/2016
Malaysia’s government investment fund has been the subject of overlapping investigations in the country
02/02/2016
We give you the low-down on the massive scam involving a peer-to-peer online financing firm that fleeced more than 50 billion yuan from over 900,000 investors across China in just 1½years
02/01/2016
France has one of the largest Muslim populations in Europe but cultural and legal obstacles have impeded the development of its Islamic finance industry.
02/01/2016
It is the latest twist in a tale that has shaken Malaysia and provoke huge anti-government demonstrations.
02/01/2016
As at November last year, the LDR ratio stood at 91%, which is considered high and could restrict loan growth that would impact the interest income of banks, said an analyst with a bank-backed brokerage.
01/29/2016
Cumulatively, these developments necessitate greater prudential regulation and supervisory oversight to ensure a resilient and sustainable financial system
01/29/2016
Earlier in August 2015, a consortium led by Ali Hussain of JSCL and Alkaram Group offered Dubai Bank to purchase its 144.200 million in the BankIslami.
01/28/2016
Partner Arwel Lewis and counsel Amelia Hall, both based in Walkers Hong Kong, acted upon this deal.
01/27/2016
The GPIF calculates that lifting the direct-shareholding ban would save 1 billion yen $8.44 million a year in management and other fees paid to financial institutions.
01/26/2016
The Deutsche Securities employee, identified by the court as Park Do-joon, was at the time a senior vice president in charge of stock derivatives, according to Yonhap news agency.
01/26/2016
It is common ground among insolvency lawyers that the concept of insolvency should be a unitary and universal one, so long as it does not conflict with local law or policy: this is the doctrine of ‘modified universalism’.