Commission disclosure edges closer in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), is to push ahead with proposals to make intermediary commission disclosure mandatory as part of a wider beefing up of its investor p
Landsbanki depositors stage protest in Guernsey
Depositors who lost money in Landsbanki Guernsey held a protest outside the islands Government House today (Oct 7), a year to the day after the bank collapsed.
Budget reveals anti-tax evasion and avoidance measures, plus 50% bonus tax
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling today unveiled the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, in which he said new measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion would be implemented, as well as a 50% tax on any bonus wort
RBC Wealth Management ramps up Asian operations
Royal Bank of Canada has consolidated its Far Eastern operations under a single brand, RBC Wealth Management Asia, and appointed a president and chief executive of the newly unified business.
New sovereign-backed Islamic investment firm for Dubai
A new Islamic investment manager, Fajr Capital, backed by several sovereign wealth funds has launched in Dubai.