04/24/2014
The decision not to open in Australia follows reports last year that the firm had spoken to partners at firms such as Allens, King & Wood Mallesons and Herbert Smith Freehills with a view to potentially launching offices in Sydney and Perth.
04/24/2014
Japanese regional banks are resisting the financial regulator’s calls to merge, damping prospects for the revival of an industry plagued by falling interest rates and stagnating rural economies.
04/23/2014
Almost three years later, we find you have not complied with the orders to divulge the details of Liechtenstein bank account holders' names to the petitioner.
04/23/2014
Bakers to open in Brisbane
Energy and resources and litigation will be two key focus areas for the firm’s new Brisbane office
04/22/2014
Conyers Dill & Pearman today announced it has promoted six attorneys to the role of partner or director, effective 1 April 2014.
04/22/2014
The HKMA has required RBS to implement corrective measures
04/22/2014
Nancy Kissel, who admits to killing her Merrill Lynch & Co. banker husband in 2003
04/21/2014
While the programme comes as good news for brokers, fund houses may see sales decline in the near term before reaping benefits in the long run
04/21/2014
Now central bankers are the latest class of internationally itinerant technocrats roaming the globe
04/21/2014
Former Deutsche Bank AG salesman Shigeru Echigo admitted bribery charges in Tokyo as prosecutors and financial regulators push brokerages to be more judicious in entertaining clients.
04/17/2014
The industry needs clarity to ensure we avoid salespeople pushing products to unwitting consumers that aren’t tailored to their needs or best interests.
04/15/2014
Bird & Bird is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new partners from across our offices and from a variety of sector groups and practices.
04/15/2014
This was primarily because the service was not well understood by the financial services industry
04/14/2014
Offshore law firm relocates partner to head HK office
The firm has strengthened its Asian offering with the relocation of Shaun Denton from London to head the firm’s Hong Kong office.
04/14/2014
HFW boosts Asia practice
Following the firm's recent round of Partner promotions, Holman Fenwick Willan today confirmed several developments in its international practice to underpin its position as market leaders for international commerce.
04/11/2014
CBA under fire at ASIC inquiry
But not the fraud and failure within the bank's wealth management division which culminated in clients losing millions of dollars in savings.
04/11/2014
Philip York, CEO of trading firm Alt 224, points to a number of changes that need to happen in Hong Kong, for example, to help the buy-side.
04/09/2014
He has built a strong representative background handling matters worth billions of dollars for USD and HKD debt offering disputes
04/09/2014
Providing the basis for a framework of cooperation and exchange of information, significantly the MoU paves the way for allowing Jersey domiciled funds to participate in the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor and Qualified Domestic Institutional Inv
04/09/2014
Japan's Olympus faces lawsuits from six banks seeking compensation over false financial statements from 2000 to 2011.