The SFC has banned a representative for life after her defalcation of client assets.  Theft of client assets remains the most serious of issues and the SFC has taken action accordingly.  Full details below: SFC bans Michelle Ng Man…

The HK SFC has fined Credit Suisse in Hong Kong HK$1.6m for breaches of options position limits.  This is not the first time that an institution has been fined for this issue.  Buy side firms should ensure that they only use one PB…

In what could turn out to be the internet's equivalent of BCCI from the early 90's, the US Treasury, various arms of US law enforcement and several other jurisdictions launched co-ordinated action against the owners of Liberty Reserve SA. The…

We are proud to announce the arrival of Ravi's 2nd. It arrived about a week ago, all swaddled in white, causing quite a stir in the office. We are, of course, referring to the 2nd edition of "Trade Marks Act - A Commentary", published by…

The Registry of Trade Marks recently held that the mark “Raffles” was not similar to “Raffles FINE ART AUCTIONEERS”.

We are pleased to note that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has taken heed of practitioners' feedback, and has started to publish the full text of its legal decisions on its website (look under 2010 for the lovely inaugural .pdf…