10/26/2020
Asian Legal Business Conversations: Hong Kong Managing Partner Cameron Adderley
He focuses on corporate and commercial practice including securities, mergers and acquisitions, financing and capital market transactions.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/26/2020
Goldman Sachs – Opening the door for Asian reparations?
The scandal effectively brought down the government of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and cases related to 1MDB have been prosecuted in the USA.
10/26/2020
HKEX, SZSE Launch ‘ETF Connect’ With Four New Listings
The two new ‘feeder’ ETFs listed in Hong Kong will each invest 90 percent or more of their total NAV in an ETF listed on the SZSE (Shenzhen Stock Exchange) through the RQFII programme.
10/26/2020
ISDA Launches IBOR Fallbacks Supplement, Protocol
The protocol will enable market participants to incorporate the revisions into their legacy non-cleared derivatives trades with other counterparties that choose to adhere to the protocol.
10/26/2020
FATF Adopts Measures to Mitigate Proliferation Financing Risk
The changes are aimed at ensuring FIs and DNFBPs do not unwittingly support or become part of proliferation financing networks or schemes.
10/26/2020
Pension can’t guarantee successful retirement
Gillham said the Australian Securities Exchange survey highlighted that what Australians focused on may not be what they should be planning for.
10/26/2020
Bankruptcy trends show East beats West
Asia is managing the economic fallout from the pandemic better than the EU or US
10/23/2020
Westpac's ties to Puerto Rico bank Euro Pacific spark calls for financial crime reform
These relationships allow global payment transfers between financial institutions.
10/23/2020
GLAS Australia Granted Australian Financial Services Licence
This licence enables GLAS to offer additional services to wholesale clients in the capital markets, including bond/note trustee and paying agent/fiscal agent services.
10/23/2020
AGC, CAD and MAS take action against Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte. on 1MDB bond offerings
Joint Statement by Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore (AGC) Commercial Affairs Department, Singapore Police Force Monetary Authority of Singapore
10/23/2020
MAS Bans Former BSI Banker Over 1MDB ‘Secret Profits’
These POs were issued at the conclusion of an investigation conducted by the MAS and took effect on 22 October 2020.
10/22/2020
EBRD and Japan to strengthen economic cooperation
This is in line with the EBRD’s Green Economy Transition approach, which has taken the Bank’s green investments to more than 40 per cent of annual investment last year and is set to exceed 50 per cent by 2025.
10/22/2020
Pictet granted HongKong licence
After the granting of a banking licence to BPSA, the number of licensed banks in Hong Kong is 164.
10/22/2020
Ogier advises CPP Investments on sale of Phase One, Nova Victoria
Advising on the corporate and finance aspects of this transaction, partner Katrina Edge was assisted by managing associate Kate McCaffrey and associate James Whiteside.
10/22/2020
National security law: Hong Kong banks told by HKMA to report suspicious transactions
New advice tells banks to report suspected national security violations as they would report incidents of money laundering, terrorism financing
10/22/2020
Australian Federal Court Fines OTC Derivative Issuers A$75m
When imposing the pecuniary penalties, Justice Jonathan Beach noted as a result of the contravening conduct, clients of each of the three defendants lost approximately AUD 32 million, which translated into revenue earned by the defendants.
10/22/2020
FSC Korea Kicks Offs New Task Force to Address Illegal Trading
Specifically, Sohn highlighted the need to closely monitor illegal short sale activities, including naked short-selling, particularly given the higher volatility seen in recent months.
10/22/2020
Japan Lawmakers to Propose Streamlining FSA, BOJ Bank Inspections
A panel from the Liberal Democratic Party plans to propose that the two institutions create a committee to address such complaints, and share more information with each other.
10/22/2020
Updated regulatory guidance for share transfers using s444GA of the Corporations Act
Section 444GA allows shares of a company in administration to be transferred by an administrator as part of a deed of company arrangement.
10/22/2020
Asia Defies Dire Predictions of a Massive Spike in Bankruptcies
But while Covid-19 has devastated profits and forced some firms to lay off staff, funding provisions and other assistance from policy makers appear to have prevented many struggling companies from closing down for good.