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Hong Kong, US Sign FATCA Agreement

14/11/2014(0)
On November 13, Hong Kong and the United States signed an inter-governmental agreement (IGA), the substantive terms of which were agreed in May this year, and which will facilitate ... Read More
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Hong Kong Is Hot Spot for U.S. Lawyers as Probes Rise

22/10/2014(0)
When Cathy Palmer first came to Hong Kong as a U.S. prosecutor more than 20 years ago, she was chasing heroin-smuggling triads who later sent a booby-trapped package to ... Read More
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Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy

10/10/2014(0)
For years, Beijing has feared colour revolutions. Now, it has one on Chinese soil. The Occupy Central movement has morphed into the Umbrella Revolution. Tens of thousands of Hong ... Read More
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Hong Kong creates team to help startups

08/10/2014(0)
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the Department established by the Government to attract foreign direct investment and support overseas and Mainland businesses set up or expand in Hong Kong, has ... Read More
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Kobre & Kim Adds Hong Kong Law to Follow the Money

06/10/2014(0)
Kobre & Kim LLP, a law firm that secured an acquittal for one of the defendants in the U.S.’s first foreign bribery sting operation, added a local legal practice ... Read More
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Russia debt freeze is lesson for Hong Kong

02/10/2014(0)
Beyond a few wobbles, global markets have proved remarkably indifferent this year to political risks – whether Russia’s incursions into Ukraine, Iraq’s descent into chaos or democracy protests in ... Read More
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Hong Kong extends Depositor Protection Scheme

16/09/2014(0)
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) have issued a consultation paper on proposed enhancements to Hong Kong’s Deposit Protection ... Read More
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Bank sued Ex-Deutsche head for $6.3m

12/08/2014(0)
Former China head of Deutsche Bank, Lee Zhang, was sued in Hong Kong by the firm over the 2001 transfer of $3.99m to the account of a firm with ... Read More
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Hong Kong Plugs Captive Insurance To Mainland Companies

07/08/2014(0)
The Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Au King-chi, outlined Hong Kong’s plans to promote captive insurance for Mainland Chinese companies. Au said that, as “financial co-operation ... Read More
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