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Bank losses under scrutiny

Since the global financial crisis, tax authorities globally have been carefully monitoring compliance risks from planning activities associated with...

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Bank losses under scrutiny

Since the global financial crisis, tax authorities globally have been carefully monitoring compliance risks from planning activities associated with...

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A healthy but tight jobs market

The October-December Hays Quarterly Report confirms that our jobs market is very healthy, but very tight, with a growing list of skills now in short...

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Basel Committee announces higher capital ratios

Banking observers had previously suggested that the full Basel III package of capital and liquidity reforms proposed could reduce returns on equity...

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Why Standard Chartered bought 15,000 iPhones for its bankers

Right now, enterprise mobility is the new buzzword in business, particularly in consulting and financial services, and organisations are investing...

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Global tax code for banks to shape behaviours

The OECD’s increasingly influential Forum on Tax Administration recently endorsed a global code of practice on tax for banks (the OECD tax code). The...

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Audit Office Confirms Government is Not Getting Value For Money From Consultants - the issue is even worse across Asia!

Governments and businesses across Asia are not realizing their desired objectives despite spending billions of dollars on management and IT...

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Banking on Change – Customer Focus

The recent upheaval in the financial markets has opened a window of opportunity for institutions to build leading operational and technology...

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Auditors must do more to explain the value of audit

In July, Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) held its fifth annual public accountants conference. A central theme at the...

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A news era for PPPs in Malaysia?

In June Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, presented the fourth and final pillar of the Vision 2020 implementing framework: the 10th Malaysia...

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Can Risk and Finance really come together?

The [US]$2.5 trillion in market value losses incurred between January 2007 and October 2008 incurred by the world’s top 200 banking players and the...

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Plan for a satisfying career in banking & finance

While job numbers, salaries and the general economic outlook are now healthy, there are many candidates who come to us feeling that they need a...

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by Mr. Pan Zaixian, Associate Director (Financial Services & Legal division), Robert Walters

In the earlier years, other than the Southeast Asia region, Singapore has benefited from the flight of wealth away from North Asia.

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International regulatory caravan moves on, but destination remains unclear

Last month's G20 meeting in Toronto did little to dispel the uncertainties surrounding proposals for new internationally harmonised financial...

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It's time to be hands-on

It is tough being a CEO in a Financial Institution in these times. It is not that public has a view of bankers which may not help but how does a CEO...

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A competitive tax regime for Australian investment funds

The Australian Government’s recent response to the report on Australia as a Financial Centre prepared by the Australian Financial Centre Forum...

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Singapore will remain a strong market in the East

The talk in the street has never been more diverse with so much optimism and pessimism coming together at the same time. While the local market has...

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Employers fight for local talent

Over the past few months the number of vacancies has been steadily increasing within the banking and finance sector across Asia. While this is great...

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