On Tuesday, as per a statement from Australia’s corporate regulator, the life insurance arm of Commonwealth Bank of Australia has pleaded guilty to 87 counts of breaching a law banning sales staff from making unsolicited calls to sell financial products…. Read More ›
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Economic impact of China’s extradition law with Hong Kong
According to Kevin Yam, a prominent Hong Kong-based lawyer, high net-worth individuals from Hong Kong are taking steps to relocate their assets to Singapore. China’s aggressive push towards Hong Kong is starting to have repercussions. According to lawyers, bankers, and… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia raises prospects of ditching USD to stop NOPEC bill
If Saudi Arabia were to in fact go ahead with the move it would have significant geo-economic and geo-strategic changes. Riyadh depends on the United States militarily to defend itself against arch rival Iran. In a significant development, Saudi Arabia… Read More ›
Germany could ban Chinese firms from its 5G auctions
While in the past German policies have been guided by business interests rather than strategic factors, surely Germany, Europe’s biggest and strongest economy, has gained from history’s strategic insight and will take the right decision. Senior German officials are telling… Read More ›
Copenhagen Cooperative Bank suspected to be in violation of Denmark’s money laundering act: Denmark’s Financial Supervisory Authority
The FSA stated it has directed the country’s prosecutors to investigate whether the small bank complied with the country’s money laundering act. On Thursday, Denmark’s financial watchdog stated it has directed the state prosecutor to investigate Copenhagen Cooperative Bank for… Read More ›
EU law will protect EU companies operating in Iran from U.S. sanctions
Officials have ascribed the re-clamping of U.S. on Iran as being an unlawful reach beyond U.S. borders. On Tuesday, Alistair Burt, Britain’s minister of state for the Middle East, told BBC radio that it is possible to protect European companies… Read More ›
U.S. introduces bill to force software makers to disclose third party source code reviews
The National Defense Authorization Act aims to limit the basket of vulnerabilities, adversaries of the United States can use to perpetrate cyber attacks on U.S. interests. On Thursday, in a development that has significant strategic ramifications across U.S. industries, a… Read More ›
U.S. House of Representatives likely to review 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law by May
The object is not to repeal but to review and reform the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law which aims to provides critical protections to taxpayers and consumers. As per a leading Republican lawmaker, the U.S. House of Representatives is likely… Read More ›
Hungary and Poland are challenges which will be met: European Commission
Here is how Jean Claude Junker is striving to bridge unity in diversity within the European Union. Next week, the European Union is set to deploy a new financial tool in am attempt to reign in what it sees as… Read More ›
U.S. moves to protect Taiwan, brushes off Chinese protest
The development underscores U.S. efforts at bolstering Taiwan’s independence and securing its economy, the 7th largest in Asia, from Beijing, which has laid claims on the island as its own. Given the geopolitical scenario in the Korean peninsula, the development… Read More ›