The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States slapped a fine of US$135 million on cosmetics direct-selling giant Avon Products to settle a corruption probe in China. The global beauty su ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Two years ago, Hong Kong’s market regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission, took accounting firm Ernst & Young to court to force it to reveal information on a Chinese utility company that ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
... th the US Securities and Exchange Commission over approval of its prospectus, the report said. Alibaba's recent acquisition spree and its unique governance model may be slowing the approval process, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
... Treasury Secretary Jack Lew made such an argument in a recent congressional testimony, in the context of explaining why the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) should be allowed to consider ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
The end of China’s 14-month-long freeze in initial public offerings in January, following reforms initiated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, has been accompanied by a flurry of listings ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a Chinese animal-feed and hog-production company and several of its former top officials, alleging that they orchestrated or failed to sto ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-12
The Big Four global accounting firms said on Thursday they plan to appeal against a ruling by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recommending the suspension of the firms' China units for ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-23
The Chinese units of the top four global accounting firms -- PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, KPMG and Ernst & Young -- should be suspended from auditing US-traded companies for s ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-23
... Former US securities watchdog head calls for minority shareholder protection in HK Interview: Hong Kong should set up its own regime to protect the interests of minority shareholders before it conside ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-22
