06/04/2014
Baker & McKenzie and Debevoise & Plimpton have scored lead advisory roles on Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co’s agreement to buy American insurer Protective Life for $5.7 billion in what is the largest ever acquisition by a Japanese
06/02/2014
Four years after its launch, Hill Dickinson’s Singapore office now has 15 fee-earners and contributes 3 per cent of the firm’s total revenue.
06/02/2014
A new model for providing legal services enters the Australian market today, with the official launch of Keypoint Law.
05/30/2014
Chen Teng posted pictures on the internet of him holding beer cans
05/30/2014
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Bermuda legal advice to HKT on the $2,425m (£1,450m) financing and security
05/29/2014
The IMF in a report just out warns Hong Kong of its exposure to the Mainland banking system, due to close financial ties that could bring a potential shock to interbank markets.
05/28/2014
The Commonwealth Bank has revised key details about the measures it took in compensating victims of misconduct
05/28/2014
Green relocated to Hong Kong in 2008 to become Asia managing partner
05/27/2014
Sevilla, 45, is President Benigno Aquino’s latest crusader in his battle against graft
05/27/2014
Offshore magic circle law firm launches Singapore office with glittering event
Our expansion into Singapore will enable us to build upon our success in Hong Kong and provide clients across Asia with top-notch legal expertise.”
05/27/2014
The Link REIT currently has a portfolio consisting of properties with an internal floor area of approximately 11 million square feet of retail space and approximately 79,000 car park space
05/27/2014
The regulator finds some mutual fund schemes have not restricted a single investor from holding more than 25% of the corpus of a scheme
05/26/2014
His move has allegedly prompted many at the bank to hire independent lawyers for their own protection.
05/26/2014
The litigation funder's Sydney-based adviser, Buttonwood Legal Capital, last week told investors it had discovered ''a number of financial irregularities in relation to certain funds within the group''.
05/26/2014
PRC regulators have issued stricter rules on interbank financial transactions as part of their continuing efforts to curb shadow banking and to deleverage the banking sector.
05/26/2014
The financial watchdog said it started investigating nine securities and asset management firms, Monday, to see if they violated rules requiring them to inform investors of the risks and other details of their products.
05/23/2014
International law firm Advises City Financial on US$122M Asian Macro Fund Launch
The fund launch was notable in that there was no seed investor, with capital coming from a combination of investors in Mr. Barker's previous fund and from new investors.
05/23/2014
Japanese companies are currently not required to appoint independent directors
05/22/2014
Regulators in China crack down on insider trading
Authorities have accumulated a considerable amount of data and improved the ability of digging information with the system
05/22/2014
SFC reprimands and fines Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft $1.6 million for regulatory breaches
In deciding the penalty, the SFC took into account that Deutsche Bank reported the matter to the SFC and has since strengthened its internal controls on the monitoring and disclosure of its equity positions in Hong Kong listed companies.