05/09/2016
Allen & Overy announces 35 new Counsel promotions
The 35 promotions span the Banking, Corporate, Employment, ICM, Litigation, Real Estate and Tax practices and are effective as of 1 May 2016.
05/09/2016
Westpac, ANZ Investigating Suspected Foreign Home Loan Fraud
Two of Australia's biggest banks on Monday said they are investigating suspected fraud involving false declarations by a number of home loan borrowers who rely on foreign income.
05/09/2016
Regulations Still Abound in South Korean Hedge Fund Market
One of the examples is that a hedge fund has to be raised by 49 persons or less, which was maintained while the minimum fund amount required was lowered from 500 million won to 100 million won last year.
05/09/2016
BLP London-based partner Jonathan Sacher replaces Phillips as head of international arbitration.
05/06/2016
The law firm of his lawyer, Philip Fong, "likely constitute proceeds linked to criminal conduct".
05/06/2016
The watchdog has tried cracking down on similar arrangements in the past.
05/06/2016
The risk from pooling money is that cash from new investors can be used to repay existing investors, as occurs in the scams named after Charles Ponzi.
05/05/2016
More than 2,000 private fundraising and management firms will be forced out of the Chinese market, according to the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Asset Management Industry Association of China.
05/05/2016
The authorities are probing "complex and layered transactions" with "cross-border elements" involving many shell companies in their investigations into 1MDB, said Singapore's chief prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee.
05/05/2016
Earlier at the EGM, MBSB shareholders approved the resolution for a rights issue to raise RM2 billion to beef up the group's capital position.
05/05/2016
Record-high penalty was for alleged misselling of Lehman Brothers products
05/05/2016
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05/05/2016
The MoU will further strengthen the close economic relationship and cooperation between India and the United Arab Emirates.
05/05/2016
The incident could hurt the bank’s IPO sponsorship business as it faces other reputational challenges in Asia, such as a US investigation into hiring practices in the region.
05/04/2016
The regulatory body of the Abu Dhabi Global Market signed an MoU with the China Banking Regulatory Commission on 28 April 2016, its first such agreement with an Asian regulator.
05/04/2016
Amitabh has been recognised as a leading legal counsel for over two decades and joins HSA which too has been acknowledged as one of India’s leading full service law firms.
05/04/2016
The BDDK's last meeting green-lighted the bank's entry into the Turkish market.
05/02/2016
Hosted by CPA Australia chief executive Alex Malley, the trio stressed that regulation today was not about wielding the proverbial big stick but instead was more focused on a collaborative, technology-neutral approach that recognises one size does not fit
05/02/2016
JPMorgan Says Justice Dept, SEC Probing Hires In Asia
JPMorgan Chase & Co, the largest US lender by assets, said the Justice Department's criminal division is among regulators investigating its hiring practices in Asia.
05/02/2016
Standard Chartered Said To Probe Banker Expenses
Standard Chartered PLC has been conducting a probe into its bankers’ conduct, including cases of padding expense reports and improperly lending money to colleagues