CT reveals how banks in Asia are performing in the areas of tax and regulatory advisory, foreign exchange, interest rates, securities services, and technology.
China attempts to calm markets over bank liquidity fears; Korea launches new "reg-lite" stock market for SMEs; Vietnam lowers deposit ceiling to spur bank lending.
China publishes new draft IPO rules; South Korea in the hunt for tax evaders: Samsung Group executives targeted; Myanmar to launch its first FX market.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Treasury Markets Association (TMA) both announced plans that could further open up the marketplace for offshore renminbi in Hong Kong.
ANZ casts doubts over China's official data and analyses it with a fraud detection formula developed by twentieth century physicist Frank Albert Benford.
Governments are increasingly sensitive about the impact of transfer pricing. As economies dull, tax becomes a very thorny issue. CT reports on the regulatory moves to prevent tax from leaking out
CT talks to Angelica Kwan (pictured), US tax partner at PwC's Hong Kong office, on why CFOs at financial institutions should get ready for Uncle Sam’s latest attempt to levy a new 30% withholding tax on US-related deals.