09/10/2013
Appleby Awarded Two Deal of the Year Awards
Appleby has been awarded Equity Market Deal of the Year and M&A Deal of the Year 2013 at ALB's Hong Kong Awards
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/09/2013
KWM, Bakers, Freshfields shine at ALB HK Law Awards
The 12th annual event recognised Hong Kong and North Asia's best law firms
09/09/2013
Regulator Said Probing Deutsche Bank Over Expenses
Reuters News reports that the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) found evidence of potential infractions during a regular audit of Deutsche Securities Inc, the German bank's investment banking arm in Tokyo,
09/08/2013
Conyers Dill & Pearman receives two honours
Conyers Dill & Pearman took home two honours at the recent Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards for its work on the Yahoo! Inc./Alibaba buyback, one of the most well-publicised deals of the year.
09/07/2013
Major Chinese Fund-Management Company Penalized
The company has had shortcomings in its policing of abnormal transactions in its own fund products
09/06/2013
Compliance for Asia-Pacific banks 'getting costlier'
Private banks in the Asia-Pacific region are finding it increasingly costly to comply with regulatory changes being imposed on the industry.
09/05/2013
DLA Piper Asia Pacific partner departures continue
Down’s practice focuses on general liability, professional indemnity, insurance and defamation.
09/04/2013
Top Fund Manager Adds Banks After Stress Tests: Corporate India
The banking sector has got issues and when that happens it presents an opportunity.
09/03/2013
Appleby advised Nan Fung on its acquisition of Forterra Trust
Nan Fung’s acquisition signals its interest to expand its presence in the commercial property sector in China.
09/03/2013
Compliance to regulations most impact Asia’s wealth management industry
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09/02/2013
Linklaters Hires Former A&O Partner to lead Asian Restructuring Practice
The magic circle firm, which is best known in Asia for its corporate, capital markets and projects work, has hired Kidd to join its Hong Kong base just weeks after recruiting Herbert Smith Freehills' former Asia disputes head, Gavin Lewis.
09/02/2013
China Arrests Ex-Fund Manager on Suspected Insider Trading
The country's securities regulator said on Aug. 2 it had started an investigation into Mr. Ma's suspected insider trading activities.
09/01/2013
Clydes plans Asia domination with Jakarta joint venture
LGS managing partner M. Idwan ‘Kiki’ Ganie said: “To implement our vision to offer Indonesia’s largest network of branches and associated offices to our clients, LGS intends to roll out offices throughout Indonesia.
09/01/2013
S'pore financial sector to require stricter Technology Risk Management
Technology Risk Management in Singapore to get legally tougher.
08/29/2013
Libor Rate-Probe Spotlight Shines on Higher-Ups at Citigroup, Other Banks
My actions were entirely consistent with those of others at senior levels" in Citigroup Japan
08/29/2013
Investors Ask Court to Rule Long Sentence for Ross
The report found that he came clean that summary charges were also correct
08/29/2013
ED investigates bullion king
Bullion king Prithviraj Kothari is apparently working as a facilitator for Financial Technologies group which is promoted by National Spot Exchange Ltd.
08/28/2013
Ex-K&L Gates Hong Kong partner sentenced to 12 years for fraud
The court heard that between 2007 and 2011, Aggarwal arranged for HK$8.4bn to be transferred from two clients Hui Kau-mo and Mark Lightbrown, and 92 potential investors, into the firm's client ledger account of RIM China.
08/27/2013
World's top banks on track to meet tougher capital rules
The rules, known as Basel III, are the main global response to undercapitalized banks
08/27/2013
Bakers unveils record results for 2012/13 with revenue topping $2.4bn
The chairman of Bakers’ executive committee Eduardo Leite said revenue growth had been steady across all of the firm’s regions, while the positive financial results reflected both organic growth and expansion into new offices in Casablanca, Li