MBMG Group, the Bangkok-based advisory firm specialising in advising expatriates, has said it intends to apply to the Singaporean financial services regulator for permission to expand its business in the city-state to include asset management advisory services.
Category: Regulation
Pioneer wins Taiwan distributor licence
Pioneer Investments has gained a licence to do business directly with distributors in Taiwan.
Singapore China in pact for RQFII quota
In a bid to strengthen cooperation on financial sector development and regulation, Singapore and China today agreed on series of initiatives that will further promote the international use of the Renminbi through Singapore.
Malaysia UAE central bankers sign pact
The central banks of Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates have today signed an agreement to encourage closer economic ties between the two countries, including in the area of Islamic finance.
Mobius corporate governance globally is terrible
Franklin Templeton’s emerging markets guru Mark Mobius claims corporate governance standards could be improved upon across the globe, signalling he did not mean to single out Russia at a recent conference hosted by Sberbank in Moscow.
SRC plans professional investor regime overhaul
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has begun a three-month consultation on proposals to overhaul the regulations governing its professional investor regime.
HK council OKs significant trust law amendment
In what has been described as a bid to boost the competitiveness of Hong Kong’s asset management industry, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has approved proposed amendments to the jurisdiction’s trust laws.
Unigestion gets Singapore cap markets licence
Unigestion, a Geneva-based institutional asset manager with more than $13bn in assets under management, has received a capital markets services licence from the Singaporean regulator, as it moves to expand its presence in Asia.
China manager to lobby Beijing over HK RMB rivalry
Mainland China’s fund management companies are reported to have formed a new association in Hong Kong, with the aim of being able to speak with a single voice on issues of shared concern.
SFC hits back at top prosecutor
Hong Kong’s main financial regulator has hit back at the territory’s top prosecutor who said the SFC should be stripped of its power to prosecute.
