08/02/2012
In making its decision, the FSA took into account the steps taken by Nomura already including a voluntary suspension of institutional equity sales activities for a week last month.
08/02/2012
In relation to matters raised in recommendations issued by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, we announced a series of improvement measures on June 29, including strengthening the management of corporaterelated information, improving o
08/01/2012
Local media had extensive coverage on cases including loansharking by bank employees and fundraising fraud before authorities were briefed on the matters, Shanghai Daily said.
08/01/2012
The announcement was made by Ravi Menon (pictured), managing director of the MAS, at the MAS annual report 2011/12 press conference held last week in Singapore.
07/31/2012
Although banks that participate in the setting of Sibor and Tibor are being scrutinized, sources do not expect a regulatory crackdown in either jurisdiction.
07/31/2012
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, which is the investigative arm of Japan’s Financial Services Agency, recommended that the regulator take unspecified disciplinary action against the country’s biggest brokerage, the SESC sai
07/31/2012
Miss Au said she believed the Shanghai post-secondary students could experience the unique international appeal of Hong Kong through their study tour here.
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.