12/17/2012
British multinational legal firms Advise On Billion Dollar Deal
It is principally engaged in investment, property development and investment, hospitality and leisure and financial services.
12/16/2012
Japan's financial regulator last December ordered UBS's Japanese securities arm to suspend Tibor- and Libor
12/16/2012
Banking regulators across Asia are pressing ahead with plans to phase in tougher capital requirements on January 1
12/16/2012
Fatca is an attempt by US officials to prevent tax evasion by hiding assets offshore
12/12/2012
China regulators set up risk committee to tighten standards on sale of investment plans citing banks' inappropriate ways
12/12/2012
The Chinese government's tight control over company information makes it challenging to operate in that market
12/12/2012
The growth in Advisory and Tax underlines the strength of client demand for professional services
12/12/2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the manager of two New York-based hedge funds with conducting a pair of trading schemes involving Chinese bank stocks and making $16.7 million in illicit profits.
12/10/2012
Formerly a partner with Herbert Smith, she will be based in the Firm's Singapore Office.
12/10/2012
The CBRC says principal and non-principal guaranteed wealth management products issued by banks should not fall under shadow-banking. But this doesn't appear to address the risks.
12/10/2012
The Reserve Bank today released the final capital adequacy standards, which apply to locally incorporated registered banks in New Zealand and implement the Basel III capital requirements. The bulk of the new standards take effect from 1 January 2013 and
12/09/2012
The remaining banks, in accordance with CBRC requirements, must keep their CAR, TCAR and CCAR equal to or above 8.5, 6.5 and 5.5 percent respectively by the end of 2013.
12/05/2012
The investors claim in a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that BTA Bank, which isn’t named as a defendant, defrauded them by inducing them to buy debt securities as part of a 2010 restructuring.
12/05/2012
A former J.P. Morgan employee has been sentenced to 18 months jail by the NSW District Court after she gave inside information to a friend while working at the investment bank.
12/05/2012
The man who blew the whistle on American Bernie Madoff, and two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators of massive U.S. insider trading activities, are heading to New Zealand.
12/05/2012
Michaels is experienced in advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals and their related trusts, controlled companies and businesses across South East Asia. His practice will focus on tax and wealth planning.
12/05/2012
Linklaters advised the underwriters on the $1.8bn Hong Kong IPO of Ping An in 2004.
12/03/2012
The Chinese billionaire who plans a $200 million property investment in Iceland said he’s not giving up on his plan even after it was thwarted a second time.
12/02/2012
China's Huaxia Bank Co Ltd has blamed an employee at a Shanghai branch for selling a wealth management product without permission, after Chinese media said the product could not repay investors.
12/02/2012
These two cases illustrate well how important it is for successful and wealthy businessmen to have a clear and robust succession plan that lays out how their own personal wealth is to be divided, when the time arises.