09/22/2013
Ex-Qualcomm Executive Indicted
Federal authorities indicted a former executive vice president at Qualcomm on Monday, saying that he was the mastermind of an elaborate insider trading scheme.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/20/2013
Thai Bank's Property Seized To State
Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office is seeking the court's orders for the confiscation of 25-million-baht property of now-defunct Bangkok Bank of Commerce and the protection of deceived rice farmers' rights
09/19/2013
Hong Kong Law Society Urges Taiwan to Open Legal Market To Local Firms
"In Taiwan we are treated differently because of the sovereignty issue," Hong Kong Law Society president Ambrose Lam told Legal Week. "We can't open a firm there and they don't have any mechanism to register us.
09/18/2013
Deutsche Bank Wins Ruling Overturning $49 Million Award
Deutsche Bank AG won an appeal overturning a Singapore ruling ordering it to pay former client Chang Tse Wen $49 million for negligence in advising him on his investments.
09/17/2013
UBS Securities Japan Must Pay $100 Million in Libor Case
UBS Securities Japan pleaded guilty in December in federal court in Hartford
09/17/2013
White & Case, Norton Rose act on Indonesia's $1.5bn sukuk offering
The firm also acted as the listing agent of the certificates on the Singapore Stock Exchange
09/16/2013
OTC derivative regulations’ impact on Asian hedge funds
Market participants in Asia are keenly aware of the impact that regulation outside the region may have on them
09/16/2013
Kirkland Launches in Beijing after gaining licence approval
Kirkland & Ellis has formally launched its Beijing office, just under six months after first seeking a licence to launch in the Chinese capital.
09/16/2013
Hong Kong’s SFC Signs AIFMD Supervision Agreement
The Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong has signed a memorandum of understanding with European authorities on the supervision of alternative investment fund managers.
09/15/2013
Bahrain and China sign a Memorandum of Understanding
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Governor of Central Bank of Bahrain
09/12/2013
Walkers Expands Hong Kong team
He joins the office's Investment Funds group as Counsel.
09/12/2013
UBS Banker Arrested For Allegedly Punching A Nightclub Bouncer
He reportedly works in the market support division of UBS.
09/12/2013
Singapore steps up scrutiny of some Indian bank branches - bankers
Singapore regulators have stepped up their scrutiny of some local branches of Indian banks on concerns about asset quality.
09/11/2013
MAS tightens credit card and unsecured credit rules
The policy changes follow a public consultation in which respondents generally supported the proposals
09/11/2013
Proskauer Adds Mayer Brown Private Fund Partner In Beijing
Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Yong Ren has joined the firm’s global Private Investment Funds group as a partner, resident in the Beijing office.
09/10/2013
Appleby Awarded Two Deal of the Year Awards
Appleby has been awarded Equity Market Deal of the Year and M&A Deal of the Year 2013 at ALB's Hong Kong Awards
09/09/2013
KWM, Bakers, Freshfields shine at ALB HK Law Awards
The 12th annual event recognised Hong Kong and North Asia's best law firms
09/09/2013
Regulator Said Probing Deutsche Bank Over Expenses
Reuters News reports that the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) found evidence of potential infractions during a regular audit of Deutsche Securities Inc, the German bank's investment banking arm in Tokyo,
09/08/2013
Conyers Dill & Pearman receives two honours
Conyers Dill & Pearman took home two honours at the recent Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards for its work on the Yahoo! Inc./Alibaba buyback, one of the most well-publicised deals of the year.
09/07/2013
Major Chinese Fund-Management Company Penalized
The company has had shortcomings in its policing of abnormal transactions in its own fund products