06/17/2015
China's cabinet has allowed Bank of Communications , the country's fifth-biggest lender, to introduce more private shareholding as part of Beijing's financial reforms to revitalise state-owned banks.
06/17/2015
The probe into the manipulation of foreign-exchange rates is spreading beyond the U.S. and Europe.
06/16/2015
China is looking for new ways to lower stubbornly high long-term borrowing costs and stop the fruits of its looser monetary policy being pumped into speculative plays instead of supporting its slowing economy, policy insiders say.
06/16/2015
Banks that open shop in the international finance centre must have the flexibility to raise deposits — an activity that the Reserve Bank of India has banned.
06/16/2015
Police arrested 10 people yesterday after discovering powerful explosives the suspects were allegedly plotting to set off to cause mayhem and bloodshed during this week's Legislative Council debate on electoral reform.
06/15/2015
For the first time in the history of the agrarian crisis in the Vidarbha region, a criminal case for harassment has been registered against a bank manager.
06/15/2015
Japan's normally sleepy shareholder meetings are set for a shake-up this year as a new corporate governance code encourages disgruntled investors to speak out and forces companies to take demands for better returns more seriously.
06/15/2015
A Wollongong-based investor advocacy group has condemned the liquidators of the collapsed Trio Capital funds, which this week intends to de-register a managed investment scheme Trio Capital invested in.
06/15/2015
Street protests in Beijing and Hong Kong. Chinese investors flying 5,000 miles to show up on doorsteps in Geneva and demand their money back. It’s the fallout so far from an alleged scam that its victims say robbed 29,000 Chinese investors of $1.2 b
06/15/2015
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is expected to issue this week a government regulation on pension benefit programs
06/15/2015
A former Capgemini star performer, Shelley Oldham, is suing the firm and former chief executive Paul Thorley for sex discrimination, including encouraging a hostile work environment for women.
06/14/2015
Offshore law firm to open in Singapore
The Singapore launch is an important milestone as we celebrate ten years of business in 2015
06/14/2015
When Appleby opened an office in Hong Kong in 1990, it was one of the first offshore law firms to establish a physical presence in Asia
06/14/2015
An exotic sportscar rental business has left customers around the country fuming after repeatedly taking big security deposits and failing to return them.
06/14/2015
With his biggest reforms making little headway in a nation fraught with corruption and political jockeying, President Joko Widodo has turned to tweaks in taxes and regulation in an effort to revive waning Indonesian growth.
06/12/2015
Eversheds climbs 9 places in the FT Law 25 ranking of Asia-Pacific’s most innovative law firms
06/11/2015
Commissioner John Price said the release was driven by the regulator’s concerns about the accounting treatment of non-financial assets
06/11/2015
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2016, subject to necessary regulatory approvals.
06/11/2015
With the promotion, the partnership base of the Firm grew to 16, and with 52 lawyers and 12 trainee lawyers, the Firm progresses further in its capacity building to offer whole range of legal services to Malaysian and international clients.
06/11/2015
The latest developments in Asia suggest that more may be coming.