09/16/2014
“You are seeing stronger compliance and the banks themselves are being more risk-averse so they are making it harder to open accounts,” said Elise Donovan, head of the BVI office in Hong Kong responsible for Asia.
09/12/2014
He s one of the leading young restructuring lawyers practicing in Asia and focuses on cross-border transactions involving Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
09/12/2014
He dvises clients on all aspects of financial distress including consensual workouts, shareholder disputes, liquidations, receiverships and other enforcement options including litigation.
09/12/2014
The company, formerly known as Citic Pacific, warned in 2008 it would suffer losses of $2 billion after bets on the Australian dollar and other currencies to hedge costs for an Australian iron-ore operation went sour.
09/11/2014
US regulations are the biggest barrier to growth for the Asian banking sector, according to experts at BNY Mellon, with the likes of Dodd Frank and FATCA impacting heavily on operations and business development.
09/08/2014
At least seven foreign-owned retail bank branches in the UK, including some Indian ones, could be forced to close down in a crackdown on overseas banks in a bid to insulate the British economy from global crises.