11/01/2012
In its continuing drive to check tax evasion and proliferation of black money, India has signed a protocol with the U.K. for amending the convention between the two countries for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect
11/01/2012
Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission today issued a recommendation that the Prime Minister and the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency impose an administrative monetary penalty against Japan Advisory Ltd. on charges of in
11/01/2012
Jones Day has hired two partners for its Singapore office
11/01/2012
Ranjit Ajit Singh, the new Chairman of the Securities Commission of Malaysia
10/31/2012
He confirmed that “the government has carefully considered the views of insurers, self-regulatory organizations (SROs) and insurance intermediary bodies.
10/31/2012
Japan's biggest brokerage, Nomura Holdings, has been fined 200m yen ($2.5m; £1.5m) by the Tokyo Stock Exchange for insider trading.
10/30/2012
It’s good news for Linklaters, which has stormed ahead as the leading firm in 2012 for outbound European deals on the side of Chinese acquirers
10/30/2012
Swiss private bank under investigation
It is believed that this is the first time that UBS has disclosed the investigation by MAS.
10/30/2012
Issuers are looking for ways to monetise their assets
10/30/2012
Herbert Smith Freehills has moved a step closer to opening its long-planned Seoul office, with London-based partner Tony Dymond receiving Foreign Legal Consultant approval from the country’s Ministry of Justice.
10/28/2012
What they mean is that having been caught engaging in an illegal reserve boosting operating, the banks are now "allowed" to undo their transgressions ahead of a "ban" on what inherently was not a permitted practice.
10/28/2012
The government's recent initiatives in revising tax treaties have helped the flow of information from foreign countries.
10/28/2012
GFI analysed data filed with the International Monetary Fund on import and export prices.
10/28/2012
UBS AG and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc suspended more than three traders in Singapore as regulators investigating Libor-rigging turn their attention to the rates used to set prices on foreign exchange derivatives.
10/28/2012
The government was also studying tax policies in relation to Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) and the trading of crude oil futures, it said.
10/28/2012
New Zealand will look to negotiate a FATCA tax information agreement with the United States, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has announced.
10/25/2012
“New Zealand fully supports moves to clamp down on tax evasion through effective exchange of information between jurisdictions."
10/25/2012
RBS argued that keeping these documents public may have an impact on the ongoing investigation in the Libor-scandal.
10/25/2012
The opening establishes KKR's seventh office in Asia Pacific, with the Singapore office serving as the regional hub for Southeast Asia and will be dedicated towards its investment activities throughout the region.
10/25/2012
In a statement, the bank said, "Our investigations into submissions, communications and procedures relating to the setting of Libor and other interest rates are ongoing. RBS and its employees continue to co-operate fully with regulators."