07/31/2012
According to the new regulations, the auditing giants should form special group partnerships with limited liability to continue their business in China when their joint venture terms end.
07/30/2012
The IMF urged Beijing to continue these efforts, and frame them with clear medium-term fiscal plans, to provide evidence that the reform agenda is fiscally sustainable.
07/29/2012
The revised tax agreement would provide for effective exchange of information, including banking details
07/29/2012
Accountant General Ms. Michal Abadi-Boiangiu said that "the financial protocols with China enable the financing of export deals that would not have been carried out had it not been for the agreements.
07/26/2012
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reprimanded two companies for failing to ensure their employees met the minimum exam requirements of the Financial Advisers Act.
07/25/2012
The Korea Customs Service said it has clamped down on 48 cases of offshore wealth transfer, money laundering and other related crimes during the January-June period.
07/24/2012
Slaughter and May has drawn up a list of four preferred local firms to work with in Australia in the wake of Linklaters’ alliance deal with Allens.
07/23/2012
They involved a total of 152.8 billion won (US$132.8 million) in 2010, up from 16.6 billion won in 2007, the data showed.
07/23/2012
Capital markets partner Kanda will assume the role on 27 July.
07/22/2012
Hoyland also said that Singapore was “probably top of the agenda” in terms of international expansion but added that there was not a long list alternatives.
07/22/2012
The Price of Offshore Revisited was written by James Henry, a former chief economist at the consultancy McKinsey and commissioned by the Tax Justice Network.
07/19/2012
Dubbed the “King of Tokyo” by traders, the 53-year-old American seemed to have it all: wealth, professional acclaim and status as a patron of contemporary art.
07/19/2012
"We should think of rates manipulation and internal controls as separate things," he said.
07/18/2012
Observers, however, are beginning to see some consistency regarding the implementation of new regulations across the globe, with the U.S. and Europe setting the bar and Asia catching up.
07/18/2012
She is Withers' first Chinese partner globally and is the seventh partner in Asia.
07/18/2012
The long-awaited regulation announced on Wednesday is aimed at preventing lenders in the fast-growing G20 country falling captive to single interests and ensuring a diverse shareholder base to hold management accountable.
07/17/2012
The Securities and Futures Commission said it had raised concerns that in more than 3,000 transactions, Societe Generale's clients had paid or received a different price for over-the-counter traded products than the price paid by the bank, with the d
07/17/2012
Tin Lik, the developer, sold the Gateway Plaza in Beijing to the bank’s RREEF China Commercial Trust (625) in 2007 and alleged that investment bankers inflated rents from the property before the trust’s Hong Kong listing in June that year.
07/17/2012
For a discussion of the HKMA and SFC's proposals in the Consultation Paper, please see our client briefing entitled "HKMA and SFC begin joint consultation process relating to the reporting, clearing and trading of OTC derivatives in Hong Kong&am
07/16/2012
Barclays, which has an underweight position on the stock, downgraded its price target on the company to HK$87.50 ($11.25) from HK$92.16, warning that the shares could be vulnerable to heavier losses in the coming months. This represents a downside of abou