05/13/2014
Insider trading: alleged scam was uncovered through LinkedIn
Broker found the LinkedIn connection after his team alerted him to suspicious trades
05/13/2014
Bird & Bird strengthens its TMT practice
Michelle is dual qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales
05/13/2014
The regulator’s warnings add to signs of growing concerns among policy makers about risks from an economic slowdown.
05/12/2014
Two men allegedly involved in a $7 million insider trading racket used mobile phones in false names to communicate sensitive market information, a court has heard.
05/11/2014
The firms argued they were trapped between US law
05/11/2014
The National Australia Bank has distanced itself from an insider trading scandal involving an employee arrested on Friday over allegations he and a friend at the Australian Bureau of Statistics used unreleased economic data to make $7 million on currency
05/09/2014
Former KWM Australian head launches advisory boutique
The duo have co-founded LCR Advisory in a bid to provide strategic legal, corporate and regulatory advice to leading organisations, with a different approach from the traditional law firm model
05/09/2014
Fenwick & West Opens Shanghai Office
Fenwick & West, announced today the continued expansion of its China Practice with the opening of a licensed representative office in Shanghai.
05/09/2014
Wikborg Rein’s China expansion is led by international managing partner Geir Sviggum
05/08/2014
The regulator has not accused any of the banks of wrongdoing, the paper said.
05/08/2014
SFC bans two female ex-bankers for life
The victims in both cases have been compensated.
05/08/2014
Kaiser Securities and Kaiser Futures were fined $1 million and $700,000 respectively.
05/08/2014
Indian-origin executive charged with fraud in US
An Indian-origin executive at an investment advisory firm here has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission with fraud and of siphoning investor proceeds to pay for his luxury car payments and settle other personal expenses.
05/08/2014
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday that it has approved an application filed by China Development Financial Holding to acquire mid-sized Cosmos Bank. The FTC said the green light was issued after the commission concluded that the acquisit
05/07/2014
In the filing that Alibaba Group made with US regulators today, the Chinese e-commerce company reveals that draft regulations In the filing that Alibaba Group made with US regulators today, the Chinese e-commerce company reveals that draft regulations
05/07/2014
Banks have a new buzzword to describe their strategy in Asia: diplomacy.
05/07/2014
International law firm expands family practice in Hong Kong
Last year they hired five lawyers
05/06/2014
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is trying to take the steam out of New Zealand’s economy by raising the cash rate but banks aren’t playing ball.
05/05/2014
The reluctance on the part of the RBI and banks is clearly visible in the latest report being prepared by an RBI panel
05/05/2014
There have been apprehensions about possible round-tripping