Malaysia

The Financial Services Act 2013 consolidates the now repealed Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, Payment Systems Act 2003, Insurance Act 1996 and the Exchange Control Act 1953. The new Act provides a more uniform governance and regulatory framework for conventional banks in Malaysia and caters for new developments in the financial market. This book provides a detailed commentary on each section of the statute, as well as analysis on the reported decisions of the court.

This book aims to assist readers in making the transition by mapping the changes to the Companies Act in 2016 and 2017 in a visually comparative Compendium.

Understanding of money laundering and terrorist financing risks is the foundation to which our legal framework, preventive measures, financial intelligence and enforcement, and cooperation is based on.

An essential reference on the law of banker and customer for both banking practitioner and the law student.

The third edition of a detailed exploration into various aspects of minority shareholders’ rights and remedies in Singapore.

The third edition discusses the changes since the last edition: (1) the Penny Stock crash; (2) changes to the Corporate Governance Code 2012; (3) the SF (Amendment) Acts of 2012 and 2017 and other proposed changes to the market abuse regime; (4) dual class shares and other changes from the Companies (Amendment) Act 2014; (5) overseas developments such as the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act; (6) changes to the SGX listing and business rules.

Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics in Singapore sets out the essence of key ethical rules, principles and standards in Singapore’s regulatory regime for legal practitioners.

This book is an invaluable source of information for practitioners, company secretaries, academics, students and anyone engaged in or interested in the laws governing companies in Singapore.

This book simplifies a very specialised area of law and considers the latest cases in the area of defamation in Singapore and Malaysia.

Understanding Criminal Law has been written to give the reader a clear explanation of the fundamental principles of criminal law and the criminal justice system.