09/17/2018
Against this background, it was an open question what might happen if the Hong Kong Court were to be confronted with foreign proceedings that purported to make an order imposing a moratorium over a Hong Kong company as part of a group restructuring.
09/17/2018
Members of the task force include both Singapore and international payments providers, who will implement SGQR for their Singapore merchants.
09/16/2018
The action by ASIC shows regulators are under pressure to demonstrate they are reining in the finance sector
09/14/2018
House of the year, China: China Minsheng Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2018
09/14/2018
Regulator of the year: HKMA
Asia Risk Awards 2018
09/14/2018
Chief economist update: Steady as she goes
The ECB staff macroeconomic projections "foresee annual real GDP increasing by 2% in 2018
09/13/2018
Proposed China tax changes alarm Australian business
They warn the reforms will make it harder to attract talented executives to the country.
09/13/2018
Philippines ranked among the most complex places in APAC for accounting and tax compliance
The Asian star is ranked as the 16th most financially complex country for businesses in the annual index, jumping up nine places from 2017, but remaining the fourth most complex in the Asia Pacific region.
09/13/2018
Australia’s ‘big four’ to be initial target for open banking
ACCC prepares to bust open bank data
09/13/2018
With the evolution of the bank-trust cooperation model, the scope of bank-trust cooperation business is also expanding.
09/13/2018
Banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne gets to heart of ASIC's regulatory capture
This was all about the exposure of an embarrassing and frankly troubling example of regulatory capture at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
09/13/2018
A cryptocurrency is a unique form of coin that is intended to be used as digital currency.
09/13/2018
The SFC has indicated that it will continue to monitor and provide guidance to LCs and AEs in relation to AML/CFT compliance
09/13/2018
Countries on list of top offenders, which have “little or no enforcement” of anti-bribery laws
09/12/2018
More than 1,700 financial firms in Hong Kong share customer information with authorities in global tax evasion initiative
City will send information annually to local tax authorities in 50 jurisdictions with which it has agreements, with first exchange set for this month
09/12/2018
Singapore plans new Bill to attract more of world’s millions
While many asset managers have offices in Singapore, most of their funds are still registered in offshore jurisdictions
09/12/2018
At a press conference on Tuesday 11 September, Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick said the campaign will involve a series of class actions.
09/11/2018
FundForum: European Policy Impacts on APAC Asset Managers
Under MiFID II, which went live from January 2018, investment research is required to be priced separately from trade execution.
09/11/2018
Banks set to face massive class action over rip-offs
There would be a series of announcements over the coming "weeks and months", it foreshadowed.
09/11/2018
"It's been about lining their own pockets, about propping up their profits and undermining the entire superannuation scheme," Slater & Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick told reporters.