With China having issued Announcement 52 on VAT on September 13, CT spoke to key practitioners to identify how companies can take advantage of the reforms.
CT takes a closer look at the Kunshan pilot programme, a cross-strait, renminbi-lending plan aimed at easing investment and renminbi cash management from Taiwan.
CT reveals how banks in Asia are performing in the areas of tax and regulatory advisory, foreign exchange, interest rates, securities services, and technology.
Hong Kong is playing second fiddle to Singapore because of the overpowering influence of its business tycoons, an ACGA-CLSA study on corporate governance shows, citing Sun Hung Kai as an example.