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Corruption: Hong Kong toy manufacturer has prison term increased

WONG Hong-Leung, 71, major shareholder-cum-director of Fook Key Industrial Company Limited (Fook Key), was found guilty of four counts of offering advantages to an agent in April this year and sentenced to 18 months' jail. Not enough said a sent...



Corruption: SEC accuses J P Morgan of making corrupt payments

A startling allegation by the SEC has been settled by J P Morgan Securities.



Corruption: senior HK banker to appear in Court tomorrow

A former Vice President at HSBC in Hong Kong will appear in court tomorrow on charges that he received a bribe in return for helping a company obtain loans.



Governance: NZ Securities Commission's warning to directors: audit is not enough

The Securities Commission of New Zealand has warned company directors that they must sign off on financial statements that do not meet New Zealand's International Financial Reporting Standards. If they do so, says the SC, they may be failing in...



Governance: SEC takes action against defaulters

The USA's Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered that administrative proceedings be commenced for the protection of investors in several companies that have failed to make required filings.

Governance: USA imposes reporting re internal controls

The USA's Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the smallest publicly reporting companies will begin complying in nine months wit...



Governance: SEC wraps up Uncommon Media Group actions

The USA's SEC has at last ended its long-running actions regarding the Uncommon Media Group. And it's not the expected result.



Governance: Former Arthur Andersen partner suspended by SEC

Daniel F Stulac, CPA, was a partner at Arthur Andersen and in charge of the Audits of Peregrine Systems, inc for the Y/E September 2001. The SEC...



Ethics: Hong Kong's ICAC warns businesses not go rogue in tough times

Business leaders of small and medium enterprises have been urged to uphold integrity and strengthen corporate governance despite difficult econom...



Governance: KPMG partners banned in Aus over Westpoint

ASIC, the companies regulator in Australia, has accepted undertakings from three partners in KPMG's Perth Office which handled the Wespoint audit...

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