Tax & Regulation | 25 Oct 12

Societe Generale’s high profile rogue trader Jerome Kerviel lost an appeal against fraud charges in France yesterday as across the pond ex-McKinsey and Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was found guilty of feeding tips to a friend outside the firm.

Tax & Regulation | 24 Oct 12

A long-running effort to bring US accounting rules into line with global standards that were created in 2005 may be at risk, after having slowed down recently over key areas of disagreement, a report by a party to the convergence effort has said.

Industry | 24 Oct 12

Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand continue to be the easiest countries in the world to do business in, while local entrepreneurs in developing nations are finding it easier to do business than at any time in the last 10 years, according to the World Bank and IFC's latest Doing Business report.

Asia | 24 Oct 12

Hong Kong’s main financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission, said it has found “deficiencies” in the selling practices of licensed firms, after completing an inspection of companies selling investment products.

People Moves | 24 Oct 12

Private wealth, corporate, employee benefit and fund administration services provider JTC Group has appointed Habiba Boughaba as managing director of its Luxembourg office.