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On 9 August, ASIC announced that five Australian banks will improve their compliance measures and controls for deposit accounts that can be operated...
Conventional wisdom. The New York Convention helps resolve private commercial disputes, whereas the Washington Convention facilitates trade and...
The IRS continues to issue both final and proposed regulations clarifying the operation of the centralized partnership audit regime. The centralized...
On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the SEC published a National Exam Program Risk Alert (the Risk...
On July 6, 2018, FINRA published Regulatory Notice 18-20 (the Notice) as part of its continuing efforts to ascertain the extent of FINRA member firm...
The Court of Appeal has decided that care workers carrying out so-called 'sleep-in' shifts are not entitled to the national minimum wage for the whole shift, but rather only when they are required to be awake and working. In so ruling, the court has overturned various earlier decisions of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and contradictory guidance from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, which would have exposed the care sector to claims for arrears of pay worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
As in other jurisdictions, under Swiss law there are specific requirements relating to the disclosure of shareholdings and the actions of shareholders...
The regulation of credit card lending in Australia has been the subject of major reform since 2009, with increased government scrutiny focused on the...
On 10 August, the Government responded to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee report on the Reserve Bank Amendment (Australian Reconstruction...
On 14 August, APRA released a Discussion Paper Improving the transparency, comparability and flexibility of the ADI capital framework, which considers...
On 20 August, the Corporations Amendment (Asia Region Funds Passport) Regulations 2018 (Cth) was registered. According to the Explanatory Statement...
On 9 August, ASIC announced that five Australian banks will improve their compliance measures and controls for deposit accounts that can be operated...
On 10 August, the ASIC Corporations (Banking Code of Practice) Instrument 2018700 was registered (Instrument). The Instrument provides ASIC's...
On 3 August, the Government released the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report on competition in the Australian financial system. An overview was...
There are no statutory provisions empowering the Hong Kong courts to provide assistance and recognition to foreign insolvency office holders. The...
