Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Another scandal reported at HSBC; forex law violations under probe

Central Bank of Sri Lanka, was not informed of this alleged violation

Indonesia's Tax Amnesty Program Breaks World Record

Taxpayers signed up to the program have already declared Rp 2,963 trillion, $229 billion of unreported assets since June

Baker & McKenzie claims a world first

The firm’s involvement is in tune with clients who are increasingly facing greater pressures on environmental compliance.

Sebi Cancels Registration Of Alliance Capital Mutual Fund

The Securities and Exchange Board of India Cancelled The Registration of Alliance Capital Mutual Fund

ASIC bans Deutsche Bank trader

The trades were never executed in the market and as a result no external parties were affected.

Appleby Acted on three HKEX Listings in September

The aggregate amount raised for the three listings was approximately HK$323 million.

Taiwan's Mega Financial says its bank branches overseas coming under greater scrutiny

Mega Bank will "actively communicate" with regulators, said Chang, who is also the chairman of Mega Bank.

Getting to grips with new super rules

The charge represents an investment return of 7 per cent above the 90 day bank bill rate.

KWM slips on the global rankings list

To put together the index, Acritas conducted a global survey between January and August of this year.

Singapore has strong framework to fight financial crimes: Report

Financial sector robustly supervised but Republic could improve in some areas, says inter-governmental body

Bahamas Leaks Reveals Offshore Connections of Chui Family

The company was involved in several local real estate projects.

Are central bankers killing the banking golden goose

He is reluctant to raise extra capital at a time when Deutsche's share price is so low.

Former Westpac adviser banned

A spokesperson for BT said the insurer terminated Mahoney's employment after his activities were detected by internal controls which were voluntarily reported to ASIC.

Global money laundering group urges Singapore to step up its efforts

The executive summary of the task force's report did not mention 1MDB.

SFC notifies the industry of anti-money laundering concerns

Since licensees are vulnerable to being used to launder the proceeds of crime and to finance terrorism.

India Court Issues Warrant for Malaysia Billionaire Krishnan

Investigators told the court they were seeking arrest warrants as the men couldn’t be served summons issued by the court.

Bangladesh thanks PH gov’t, Inquirer for return of stolen money

He added that Bangladesh is very grateful to the Philippine government and always to the Inquirer.

Foreign Asset Managers Making Inroads in Taiwan

Onshore mutual funds launched by foreign players are popular among local investors

Goldman cuts jobs in Asia

Most of the jobs cuts are likely to take place in Hong Kong, Singapore and China, where Goldman's main Asian offices are located

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