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Asian bank resolution regimes

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea
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  • May 21 2013

In the wake of the financial crisis and the failure of Lehman Brothers and a number of other major banks there has been an increased focus on

Court rules on freezing bank accounts

  • Jones Day
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  • Japan
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  • March 28 2013

If a debtor defaults on a loan agreement, the financial institution may collect that loan from the debtor's ordinary deposit through acceleration and

Summary of FSA answers to public comments on proposed amendments to asset management regulations as a result of the AIJ scandal

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Japan
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  • March 5 2013

This Client Alert is a summary of important observations contained in the response of the Financial Services Agency of Japan ("FSA") to public

UK and Japanese banks settle US sanctions and money laundering violations

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Japan, United Kingdom
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  • December 21 2012

On December 10, 2012, UK Banks HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) entered into agreements with US enforcement authorities to settle civil and criminal

FSA publishes draft amendments to investment management regulations folowing AIJ scandal

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Japan
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  • December 5 2012

Japan's FSA launched a review of existing regulation and government supervision of Japan's asset management sector, following the recent AIJ Investment Advisors Co. scandal, in which AIJ's President was indicted for fraud after it was revealed that AIJ hid pension fund losses of up to $1.4 billion over a nine-year period

The proposed amendments to asset management regulations as a result of the AIJ scandal

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Japan
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  • November 19 2012

This Client Alert contains a summary of the recent released proposed amendments to the various financial regulations of Japan in response to the AIJ scandal and is intended as a follow up to our Client Alert issued on September 11, 2012 regarding the actions proposed by the Financial Services Agency of Japan (“FSA”) to prevent the recurrence of the AIJ Scandal

FSA's administrative sanctions on investment managers and a trust bank

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Japan
  • -
  • November 2 2012

On October 16, 2012, the Financial Services Agency of Japan announced administrative sanctions against an investment manager (a two month business suspension order and a business improvement order) and a trust bank (a three months business suspension order and a business improvement order

Update on ADR in Japan’s financial services sector

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Japan
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  • October 8 2012

Our previous post reported on the “Law Concerning the Promotion of the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures” (the “ADR Promotion Law”), which came into effect on 1 April 2007

FSA’s proposal to prevent the recurrence of the AIJ scandal and the results of second survey

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Japan
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  • September 11 2012

On September 4, 2012, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (“FSA”) published its proposal of measures to prevent the recurrence of the AIJ scandal while providing the opportunity to the public to provide their opinions regarding such measures by October 4, 2012

International regulatory update 13-17 August 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • France, Global, Japan, Luxembourg, Slovakia, United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 20 2012

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is seeking views regarding the appropriate jurisdiction for the establishment of the Global LEI Foundation and Central Operating Unit of the global legal entity identifier (LEI) system