Browsing: Asia Pacific
ASX to Subsidize Independent Research
03/22/2012
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is introducing a new program to subsidize research into small companies, with the hopes of providing high quality, independent research of ASX-listed companies with market ...
SEBI Considers Regulating Independent Research
03/16/2012
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering extending regulations to cover independent research analysts according to a report by MSN India.
Indian research analysts attached with ...
Waters Get Muddy for Short Seller
03/05/2012
New York, NY – According to an article published by Bloomberg last week, Muddy Waters, the well-known short seller and Chinese research firm, has been struggling in recent months to ...
H&M Consulting Group Expands Capabilities in China
02/17/2012
New York, NY – A few weeks ago, H&M Consulting Group (HMCG), a Florida-based primary research provider, announced that they are expanding their custom business to business and consumer market ...
Chinese Authorities Investigating Fraudulent Reports
12/27/2011
New York, NY – Silvercorp Metals, Inc., a Vancouver-based company with mining operations in China, has decided to fight back against accusations from short sellers of accounting fraud. Last week, ...
Potential Bias Clear with Muddy Waters
12/12/2011
New York, NY – Over the past year or so, New York-based research provider, Muddy Waters Research has identified a number of Chinese companies which it believes have committed fraud, ...
Moody’s Buys Majority of Copal
11/21/2011
New York, NY – Early last week, New York-based ratings agency Moody’s Corp. acquired a majority stake in Indian research outsourcing firm Copal Partners for an undisclosed sum. The investment ...
Sino-Forest Rebuffs Accusations by Short-Seller Muddy Waters
11/17/2011
New York – Sino-Forest, a Chinese timber company accused of fraud by short seller Muddy Waters, refutes the accusations after an independent committee concluded that the accusations do not reflect ...
GLG Invests in Chinese Social Media Startup
11/08/2011
Gerson Lehrman Group (“GLG”), the leading expert network, made a minority investment in Shanghai-based Ushi.com, a Chinese version of LinkedIn. The investment reflects GLG’s continued drive to diversify its business, ...
Japanese and South Korean Companies are Successfully Addressing ESG issues
10/07/2011
New York – EIRIS, a global responsible investment research specialist, published its new report titled State of Responsible Business (Asia), which concludes that Asian companies, specifically those in Japan and ...