Legal
Australia’s Westpac taken to court over advice failures
Australia’s financial services regulator is taking legal action against one of the country’s biggest banks for giving financial advice that failed to put the “best interests” of its clients first.
Convicted ex-BSI banker to be sentenced ‘beyond the norm’
Former BSI banker Yeo Jaiwei has been found guilty of four charges of witness tampering by a Singapore court as part of the investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) money laundering scandal.
Best Practice | 8 Dec 16
Tax avoidance vs evasion debate “immoral” and “inconsistent”
The gap between tax avoidance and evasion is disappearing and it is “immoral” to refer to it in the modern tax debate, said Richard Murphy, professor in practice in international political economy at City, University of London.
Tax & Regulation | 10 Nov 16
Financial crime will ‘mutate and morph’: FCA chief
It would be unwise to say that financial crime has been beaten as it will always “mutate and morph”, according to Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Singapore confirms ex-offenders can work in financial services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has no rules against hiring ex-offenders for positions in the financial services sector, deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has confirmed.