04/29/2018
Banks and Hedge Funds Drawn Into Noble Group's Legal Fights
Goldilocks lists creditors as defendants in Singapore suit
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
04/27/2018
Malaysian regulator may issue robo adviser licences by mid-year
Fintech players specialising in robo advisory services have been "engaging with the SC over the past several months", according to one source, and confirmed by another.
04/27/2018
Nirav Modi Flees Hong Kong, PNB Scam Accused Reportedly in NYC
Modi and his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi are accused of a Rs 12,000-crore fraud on state-run Punjab National Bank.
04/27/2018
UBS Set to Deny Credit Suisse in Pay Vote
Since then, the Swiss bank has revised its salary and bonus policies under board member Kai Nargolwala the compensation committee’s new head
04/27/2018
Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy steady
The central bank had been forced to push back the timeframe repeatedly due to subdued inflation.
04/27/2018
Asic's conflict-of-interest policies under microscope after AMP revelations
Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson also wants donations from major banks and financial planners to go into victims compensation fund
04/27/2018
Godfrey Pembroke to split with NAB
Reddacliff was then brought in to facilitate the process.
04/27/2018
ASIC grilled over negotiating with banks
"If what we're trying to do is ensure that good advice is to provided to Australian consumers, and that's sort of one of the general objectives it [ASIC] set out to do, then engaging with a licensee to ensure a business is on a footing wher
04/27/2018
Heffron partnership to offer robo-SMSFs
He added the solution would provide investors with transparency, an aspect of increasing importance in the current climate.
04/26/2018
China to unveil new asset management rules soon
The rules are expected to close loopholes that allow regulatory arbitrage, reduce leverage levels to curb asset price bubbles and rein in shadow banking activity.
04/26/2018
StanChart Compliance Chief Probed for Misconduct
Neil Barry allegedly made inappropriate comments to colleagues
04/26/2018
Booming private wealth draws Credit Suisse to PH
According to Credit Suisse Research Institute’s (CSRI) Global Wealth Report 2017, total household wealth in the Philippines grew by 10.7 percent per annum since 2000 to reach $662 billion in 2017.
04/26/2018
New Zealand rated 'compliant' in OECD tax transparency review
New Zealand is due to receive the first batch from relevant jurisdictions in September this year.
04/26/2018
Fugitive Tycoon Guo Wengui, Seeking Asylum in United States, Denied Protection from Creditors’ New York Lawyers
The Appellate Division, First Department reversed, noting Mr. Guo’s “heavy burden” of establishing that New York is an inconvenient forum.
04/25/2018
Hundreds of NAB advisers forged THOUSANDS of signatures on forms to decide where dead customers' super went – leaving their final wishes unfulfilled
Negligent practice of NAB financial planners put clients' beneficiary forms at risk
04/25/2018
AfDB, Asian investment bank sign MoU on cooperation
It enables more effective cooperation between the two multilateral development banks and allows us to complement each other with our respective capabilities.
04/25/2018
Bank of Japan to Keep Policy Unchanged but New Deputy Could Amplify Board Differences
Such a forecast would support BOJ arguments against expanding stimulus.
04/24/2018
Belt and Road exchange to be set up at ADGM
This landmark MoU marks the successful culmination of a close relationship developed between ADGM and SSE
04/24/2018
China makes new move to catch fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui
Amid rising Sino-American trade tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump might try to use Guo, who lives in a New York City penthouse, as bargaining chip with China.
04/24/2018
Royal Commission singles out 325 NAB staff cutting corners
Steele found employees thought such behaviour was "common practice and acceptable," both at NAB and at non-NAB licensees, and that they did not understand the serious of these actions.