hmrc recognises new irish maltese
HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it formally recognises as a stock exchange a new joint-venture listing entity unveiled last year by Ireland and Malta.
Investment | 5 Feb 13
top five mistakes when buying overseas properties
Many people seem to leave the rational part of their brains at home when they begin to contemplate buying a property overseas, according to UK-based overseas property expert Simon Conn…
hk regulator bans ex merrill lynch asia
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said it has banned Joyce Hsu Ming-mei, a former licensed representative of Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd from the financial services industry “for life”, in the latest of a series of actions taken over the past two years in response to a fraud that was found to have been committed by Hsu.
United Kingdom | 5 Feb 13
seymour pierce future in the balance
The board of 130-year-old London stockbroker Seymour Pierce is reported to be in urgent talks over its future, after it emerged last week that it was in trouble.
Middle East | 1 Feb 13
barclays faces new probe into qatar loans reports
Authorities in the UK are probing allegations that Barclays Bank made a loan to the Qatar Investment Authority for it to invest in the bank at the height of the 2008 financial crisis in order to avoid a government bailout, according to a report in the Financial Times.