Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Awards recognise best of Australian firms

Boutiques were also recognised on the night, but Nexus Law Group stood out and took home the Boutique Law Firm of the Year award.

Nomura Reaches $492 Million Settlement of Monte Paschi Claim

Nomura will pay 440 million euros $492 million to Monte Paschi while unwinding the transaction, the Tokyo-based firm said Thursday in a statement on its website.

FBI investigates PM Najib Razak

Both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have separately reported that the FBI and the US Justice Department were now scrutinising the flows

Four brokerages fined in China after Citic probe

The four are Huatai Securities, Haitong Securities, GF Securities and Founder Securities.

BDA advises SunGard on the sale of its Singapore-based Retail Banking business

BDA was the exclusive financial advisor to SunGard on the transaction.

China central bank to sell short-term debt in London

The debt issuance will be the first sale of such notes outside of China and help develop London as a yuan trading hub.

Leading offshore law firm Advised Kee Song Bio-Technology on Issuance and Listing of NTD250 million Convertible Bonds

The bonds are convertible into ordinary shares of Kee Song.

Asia-Pacific Still to Wake Up to IFRS 9, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services white paper finds

APAC financial institutions face implementation hurdles

Offshore law fiem Expands Litigation Practice with Launch of Asia Disputes & Restructuring Group

Under this new initiative and through our existing multi-lingual team in Hong Kong, clients will be serviced by the most experienced and highest rated partner-led team in Asia, Bermuda, BVI and Cayman.

Charles Li defends JPMorgan hiring of princelings

Chinese and western bankers say this practice can often help banks win regulatory approvals, as well as coveted big-ticket deals from the government and state-owned enterprises.

The Philippines-headquartered BDO Unibank Sets up Representative Office at DIFC

The UAE is home to an estimated 700,000 Filipino expatriates and BDO Unibank's objectives include supporting them, while facilitating investments and money flow to the Philippines.

How China decided to redraw the global financial map

The bank’s successful establishment is likely to bolster Beijing’s confidence that it can play a leading role in supranational financial institutions

CSRC at centre of corruption shakedown

Mr. Zhang was a key figure in the CSRC’s recent drive to stabilise the A-share market

1MDB mystery deepens as Abu Dhabi questions another missing US$993m to IPIC

The US-based daily reported Abu Dhabi officials are questioning a further US$993 million that 1MDB said it has paid IPIC, but which WSJ’s sources say are undocumented.

Successfully investing in Singapore

A view from Withers KhattarWong

CFTC Orders Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. to Pay a $150,000 Penalty for Inaccurate Large Trader Reports for Physical Commodity Swap Positions

The CFTC Order requires ANZ to pay a $150,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from committing further violations of the CEA and CFTC Regulations, as charged.

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