09/03/2015
Swiss Authorities Freeze Millions of Dollars Linked to Malaysian Fund 1MDB
Move comes after the Swiss Attorney General opened criminal proceedings against executives at the fund
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/03/2015
New base rate based on marginal costs could push banks to revise rates at a speedier pace: BoAML
The average cost of funds is sticky and takes time to fall, while the marginal cost of funds is likely to fall more quickly, as banks cut deposit rates.
09/03/2015
Kazakhstan And China Ink Strategic Partnership Agreement
The subject of synchronizing transport extends Nurly Zhol and the New Silk Road are additionally on the plan.
09/02/2015
AIFMD Passport – Extension Denied to the US, Hong Kong and Singapore
The AIFMD passport is currently only available to EU AIFMs and EU AIFs.
09/02/2015
Linklaters finance partner Irvine heads to Kirkland in latest exit from Hong Kong office
His exit comes after Linklaters lost finance and energy partner Thomas Ng in April and capital markets partner David Ludwick in March
09/01/2015
China's Biggest Policy Bank Readies War Chest for Resource Deals
The world economy remains in a trough, and some of the asset prices are very good
09/01/2015
Nomura Must Reinstate Fired Managing Director, Tokyo Court Rules
The company had no reasonable grounds for dismissing Friedman, the court said in a ruling delivered on Aug. 28.
09/01/2015
DIFC Courts wins consultancy deal for Kazakhstan financial centre
Kazakhstan’s president said DIFC was the model for the planned Astana International Financial Centre
09/01/2015
Bank of India adopts risk management tool to curb fraudulent card transactions
There is no doubt, that the security of financial transactions is becoming a challenge for the banking industry.
08/31/2015
Indian Court Allows Mauritius Treaty Benefits For Appellant
The case related to the sale of the shares of an Indian entity
08/31/2015
CBDT issue guidance notes on FATCA implementation
The Inter-Governmental Agreement between India and US, signed as part of FATCA implementation, requires the Indian FIs to provide necessary information to Indian tax authorities
08/30/2015
Spooked Swiss banks ask Indians to utilise 'compliance window'
Spooked by the new black money law, a number of Swiss and other European banks have begun asking Indian clients to disclose their accounts to the tax authorities back home as they fear being accused of 'abetting' the hoarding of untaxed assets.
08/30/2015
Citic securities says cooperating with police investigation
The official Xinhua news agency said last week that police were investigating eight employees at CITIC Securities Co Ltd for suspected illegal securities trading.
08/30/2015
Ageas to sell Hong Kong unit to China's JD Capital for $1.4 billion
The deal underscores Chinese companies strong appetite to grow through acquisitions even in the middle the country's biggest stock market turmoil.
08/28/2015
Chinese boutique launches international network
The general counsel of Ford says that he looks for value for money and expertise
08/28/2015
PFRDA for allowing private fund managers to manage government portfolios
The proposal of allowing PFRDA to invest more money in equity is lying with the government
08/28/2015
China police, regulator target suspected violations of stock dealing rules
Three different brokerages introduced they’re beneath investigation for potential violations of guidelines on confirming the identities of consumers.
08/27/2015
Appleby Advised Global Sources on its US$50M Cash Tender Offer
The Appleby team was led by Frances Woo
08/25/2015
HSBC spills details on 400 Indian accounts in Singapore; half are from Mumbai
These are all new names who are having deposits above Rs 5 crore.
08/25/2015
SG: K&L Gates lands finance partner from Dentons
Blenntoft specialises in debt capital markets and Islamic finance with a focus on international Islamic bond transactions in Southeast Asia.