Asia
Labuan targets US expat friendly business with FATCA support
Malaysia’s Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (IBFC) is looking to tap into the US expat market by helping businesses in the financial centre comply with the US’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca).
Newly-launched platform targets Singapore’s HNW and US expats
Crossbridge Capital and Morningstar are collaborating on a newly-launched digital advisory platform that targets high net worth (HNW) individuals and US expats, which they believe are under-served in Asia.
Mark Paine to take over the Meyado Group
Wealth management firm Meyado is to see a change at the top after Singapore chief executive Mark Paine announced plans to buy out the shares of the group’s founder and chairman Martin Young.
Ex-BSI wealth planner’s 1MBD trial starts in Singapore
A former BSI Bank wealth planner went on trial in Singapore on Monday for attempting to pervert the course of justice as part of the investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) money laundering scandal.
Hong Kong regulator bans adviser for 10 years
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has cancelled the licences of Richmond Asset Management and its owner Graham Frank Bibby and banned him from re-entering the industry for 10 years.