06/25/2020
The demise of IBOR: key considerations to prepare for the phase out
A number of bank issuers have already started to make the proactive step to transferring their older legacy deals that will cross over into 2021 to alternative rates.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
06/25/2020
Three key considerations for tax and legal leaders
They are at the forefront of crafting essential strategies to maintain a positive cash flow, drive the implementation of government relief measures
06/24/2020
Four Brothers Fight Over Letter Dividing $11.2 Billion Fortune
Siblings’ dispute revolves around ownership of Hinduja Bank
06/24/2020
The future of Ireland’s funds industry post COVID-19
Opportunities lie in four key areas: funds industry service provision, technology, portfolio and risk management, and fund governance.
06/23/2020
Black Swan may yet prove to be a phoenix rising from the ashes
This decision is significant as for the past 10 years the courts of the British Virgin Islands have regularly granted freezing orders under the so-called Black Swan jurisdiction
06/23/2020
Warranty Claims: On Time, But too Late?
That explains the due diligence that is usually conducted by buyers, where the buyer and its advisors scrutinise the target company and its assets and liabilities in rigorous detail.
06/23/2020
Migration of Non-Jersey Limited Partnerships into Jersey: New Regulations
Update prepared by Felicia de Laat (LP Partner, Jersey), Tim Morgan (Partner, Jersey) and Ben Robins (Partner, Jersey).
06/23/2020
Council of Europe Calls for More Cross-Border Financial Probes
The EU has in recent years strengthened its legal framework for countering money-laundering and financing of terrorism.
06/23/2020
Over 40 new firms commit to promoting gender diversity in financial services
Over 40 new companies have signed up to the Women In Finance charter, which aims to promote gender diversity in Financial Services, the City Minister John Glen has announced today.
06/23/2020
Global tax guide to doing business in...
This edition of our annual insight piece is aimed at providing a high-level overview of the tax consequences that face businesses planning to expand international operations.
06/23/2020
Appleby Asia Group Head is REcognized in the IFLR1000 Women Leaders List 2020
Women Leaders recognises the leading female transactional lawyers in the world.
06/23/2020
UBS Expands Client Offering for Separately Managed Accounts to Include Third Party Asset Manager Strategies With No Additional Fees
UBS is committed to offering an open and transparent platform
06/22/2020
Hong Kong Instability Fuels Hiring in Singapore
Julius Baer has been growing our Greater China franchise in Singapore over the past five years, said David Shick, head of private banking for Greater China at Julius Baer without providing any hiring details.
06/22/2020
Solvency II solutions when choosing reinsurance from Guernsey
Jason Noronha, Head of Actuarial and Analytics at Aon, who heads the firm’s non-life insurance actuarial consulting team, clarifies Solvency II regulations as they relate to reinsurance from Guernsey.
06/22/2020
Hong Kong wealth managers can’t wait for new Connect programme, with Singapore ready to pounce on city’s troubles
Cross-border Wealth Management Connect seen boosting Hong Kong fund managers like stock and bond programmes
06/21/2020
Do as we say! China orders UK firms to obey or else they'll 'pay price and be hit hard'
BRITISH firms have been sent a powerful warning by Chinese state media with one firm told they face a "life or death test", in a stinging attack, as they respond to the new security law in Hong Kong.
06/21/2020
Luxembourg's Impending Professional Guarantee of Payment Regime, 2020
Luxembourg is a civil law jurisdiction where the Napoleonic (French) civil code originally constituted the framework of its contract law.
06/21/2020
HSBC faces £1.3bn legal claim for its involvement in film financing scheme set up to avoid tax
Retired policeman and lead claimant Chris Upham said he invested £25,000 in what ‘seemed like a great opportunity’.
06/19/2020
Deutsche Bank Pays $10.25M in Reporting Failures, Spoofing Settlements
The consent order stems from a complaint filed in August 2016, after an unprecedented swap reporting platform outage at Deutsche Bank that began on April 16, 2016.
06/18/2020
DC Advisory advised Fidelius Group on its strategic alliance with Pacific Asset Management
The proposed terms of the strategic alliance involved a share swap arrangement whereby