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Compliance
5 January 2017

Former BSI Private Banker To Appeal 30-Month Prison Sentence

The investment fund 1MDB is the subject of money laundering investigations in at least six...

Legal
23 December 2016

Singapore Hands Out Toughest Sentence To Date Amid 1MDB Scandal

From today through to 2 January, 2017, the website will not regularly updated. We wish all readers...

Legal
22 December 2016

Singapore Finds Former BSI Banker Guilty Of Perverting Course Of Justice

Jiawei was first arrested in March this year in connection with his link to the 1MDB scandal. ...

Compliance
19 December 2016

Singapore Jails Second BSI Private Banker Amid 1MDB Scandal

Yvonne Seah will join her former boss in jail. ...

Compliance
9 December 2016

China Reportedly Helps Embattled 1MDB Repay Multi-Billion-Dollar Loan

Malaysia's 1MDB, embroiled in debt payment disputes and a major money laundering scandal, has a...

Strategy
9 December 2016

EFG International To Shed Up To 150 Jobs, Squeezes Costs

The banking group, which has recently acquired the BSI business in Singapore, plans job cuts and is...

Tax
6 December 2016

Asian Wealth Industry "Offboarding" Clients Over Murky Money - Consultant

Some wealth managers could say goodbye to up to 30 per cent of their clients amid a general...

Compliance
2 December 2016

Singapore Punishes StanChart, Coutts For AML Lapses; To Ban Ex-Goldmans Director

The watchdog has acted against two banks and is to ban a former director of the US firm as...

M and A
16 November 2016

EFG International Completes Integration Of BSI In Singapore

The Switzerland-headquartered bank has completed the integration of the BSI business in the Asian...

Compliance
15 November 2016

Former BSI Singapore Private Banker Jailed Amid 1MDB Scandal

Yak Yew Chee has been imprisoned for 18 weeks and fined over $16,000. ...

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