12/12/2014
Regulators in China are considering restricting individual investors from buying corporate bonds rated below the top grade as policy makers seek to shift away from a “too small to fail” mentality
12/12/2014
Yi and Flinn replace Stuart Fuller who covered the dual role of global managing partner of KWM and chief executive of the firm's Hong Kong partnership since 2012.
12/12/2014
A rising regulatory burden and the need to support front-office deal-making are forcing global banks in Hong Kong to hire more lawyers and give their current legal teams more specialised work.
12/12/2014
Australia's securities market regulator on Friday asked for complete and better disclosure of costs for investment products available in pension funds after a government-backed inquiry called for more efficiency in the $1.6 trillion system.
12/11/2014
Coutts & Co’s Singapore operation has been subject to a $30,000 administrative penalty for contravening rules set forth by the Securities and Investments Act relating to unregulated representatives
12/11/2014
BTFG's success in the awards follows a number of years of working on the claims process according to BTFG, National Claims Manager, Life Insurance, Paula Bourke.
12/11/2014
Singapore said on Tuesday that it has finalised an information-sharing agreement with the United States that is aimed at combating offshore tax dodging.
12/11/2014
They are also "prohibited from mobilising or pooling funds from its clients
12/10/2014
The move follows representations made by brokerages, asset management companies and law firms, seeking clarity on the applicability of the new guidelines
12/10/2014
Five former senior executives of Hong Kong-listed Citic requested to have a HK$535,000 lawsuit by 11 small shareholders transferred to the High Court
12/10/2014
Following on from closing its office in Guangzhou in Greater China in September this year, Stephenson Harwood has entered an alliance with local firm Wei Tu.
12/09/2014
Australia's financial regulators have launched a joint attack on risky home lending as investment and interest-only loans threaten the stability of the financial system.
12/08/2014
This has severely damaged the party’s image
12/08/2014
An Indonesian investor is appealing against a ruling that threw out his claim to recover US$1.9 million (S$2.5 million) in losses over alleged unauthorised transactions from Citibank.
12/08/2014
The Financial Services Inquiry is truly far reaching.
12/08/2014
Fund firms suspect high distribution costs in China will generate thin margins in the scheme's early days, but having to hire a distribution agent could help as they consider how to scale up.
12/08/2014
A former senior Chinese military officer was obsessed with gold and often ferried gold bars for bribes in a luxury car, a Hong Kong magazine reported on Monday, in connection with a graft case which investigators estimate is worth some $5 billion.
12/05/2014
We have decided that we cannot work with stolen data
12/05/2014
The Coalition may reconsider laws implemented by the previous Labor government
12/05/2014
Japan's securities watchdog said on Friday that it was seeking a fine against Hong Kong-based Areion Asset Management, accusing it of manipulating a company's share price.