Hong Kong’s status as Asia-Pacific’s pre-eminent trading hub has taken a battering. Its prestige was built on the foundations of free trade, low tax and limited government interference. But an... Read more

Foreign multinationals operating and investing in China are facing a rapidly changing and less predictable risk landscape driven by a combination of market, regulatory and economic factors. Not least because... Read more

Welcome back to the Banking Risk & Regulation newsletter. In August, we exclusively revealed the UK government was considering proposals to create a new ‘mega supervisor’ to take over from the Financial Conduct... Read more

Stripping the Financial Conduct Authority of its anti-money laundering responsibilities in favour of a single ‘mega supervisor’ is one of the boldest ideas this government has had to tackle dirty... Read more

Regulatory fines to global financial institutions fell sharply by 88% in the first half of the year compared with a year ago, as banks have got better at compliance. Established... Read more