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Asiasons WFG Financial has hired a Big Four independent auditor to investigate the lapse of its broking arm’s licence, and a report is expected around the end of January, chief executive Quah Su-Yin told BT.

Governance issues and shaky Chinese economy put investors in cautious mood

Policy easing will take time to kick in, cushion weak global demand: economists

Perhaps it's time to consider alternative adjudication mechanisms that serve to enhance confidence of all stakeholders

China’s local governments could plough up to 360 billion yen (S$73 billion) into the domestic stock market under a proposal, which sources familiar with the matter say is with the Cabinet, to allow them to allocate some of their pension funds into shares.

Billionaire Richard Elman said that he will soon install a new chief executive officer at Noble Group Ltd as the 71-year-old founder and chairman of Asia’s biggest commodity supplier prepares to ease his managerial control.

Worry is, move may send wrong signals; with implications for S-chip governance

Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Corporation may be in the running to pick up a majority 50.75 per cent share of Norwegian shipbuilder STX OSV.

Both sides’ lawyers have met but China Sky directors were absent at hearing

The worry now is that they may be asked to do too much

Complete transfer of 50.75% parents’ stake likely: analyst

Meeting notes show major shareholder’s representative there

Investors of China Sky Chemical Fibre are caught in the stand-off between the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and China Sky Chemical Fibre. And there appears to be no easy way out of the mess.

For most Wall Street bankers, 2011 was a year they would rather forget. Investors will soon find out just how bad that year was for America’s biggest financial institutions.

Stanley Kwan, the banker whose 1969 creation, the Hang Seng Index, became a widely used gauge for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has died. He was 86.

The board split at China Sky Chemical Fibre came to a head yesterday after the group failed to appoint special auditors by the final deadline set by the Singapore Exchange.

In what could be an unprecedented move, Singapore Exchange (SGX) has resorted to applying for a court order to enforce its directive on a defiant S-chip company.

China-based KXD Digital Entertainment has been ordered by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) to produce company documents in a probe by the white-collar crime buster under the Securities & Futures Act.

Beware of jumping on the repatriation of US-listed Chinese companies - there may be diamonds among them but identifying them has defeated professionals

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is seeking to remove a trading-engine function provided to market participants in both the securities and derivatives markets to slice large orders into smaller ones.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is seeking to remove a trading-engine function provided to market participants in both the securities and derivatives markets to slice large orders into smaller ones.