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Pedro Cortés, Rato Ling Lei & Cortés, and António Lobo Vilela look at what might happen when Macau's casino gaming concessions expire in 2020 and 2022

The revamped Jobs Act is designed to rejuvenate IPOs, but will it work?

Traditional banking institutions have been fending off the threat of self-made start-up fintech organisations since the concept of fintech first made its way into our vernacular

Asia is improving corporate governance. But some companies aren’t jumping at the opportunity

The OECD published in October 2015 an action plan comprising 15 measures to fight base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) of companies in the international tax environment. In the meantime, more than 100 countries have signed this initiative – the so-called inclusive framework means it's not only limited to OECD/G20 member states anymore.

An amendment to the act on employment services came into force on May 1 2018, substantially simplifying the process of hiring third-country nationals (TCNs). The amendment establishes simplified conditions for hiring TCNs in selected professions with a documented shortage of qualified labour in districts with an average registered unemployment rate of less than five percent. In these situations, in the process of granting temporary residence permits for employment purposes, the employment offices are no longer required to review the job market to determine whether Slovak or EU nationals can be considered first to fill vacancies. Likewise, the vacancies for which there is a labour shortage need not be advertised on the official jobs bulletin board at the Labour Office, in print or on the internet.

On July 15 2018, Decree 81/2018/ND-CP dated May 22 2018 (Decree 81) took effect and repealed Decree 37/2006/ND-CP dated April 4 2006 (Decree 37), detailing regulations on the law regarding commercial promotional activities. Decree 81 provides certain new regulations with the aim of facilitating commercial promotional activities and encouraging market development.

Regulation and risk management expert Bozena Gulija looks at how they are measured in the banking sector

Commercial battles are being fought on every continent. The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on a wide range of goods from long-standing trade partners including China, Canada and the EU. At the same time, it's reforming and reinforcing the powers of its Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (Cfius) to oversee takeovers by foreign investors, and getting the Department of Defense involved as well for good measure.

Xiaomi's initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock exchange (HKEx) in July kickstarted a wave of listings of companies with the so-called weighted voting right (WVR) structure. This allows significant voting rights to be awarded to a shareholder, regardless of their actual stake in the company, and is often used by a company's founders after an initial public offering to limit stock dilution and retain control.