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Dubai Enhances Bank Regulatory Ties With China 5/18/2012 The regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre, the Dubai Financial Services Authority has announced that it has entered into a supplementary agreement
to further boost cooperation with the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
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Jersey Enhances Regulatory Cooperation With Germany 5/9/2012 The Jersey Financial Services Commission has announced the signing of a cooperation
agreement to boost its relationship with the German banking, insurance and investment firms'
regulator, the Bundesanstalt fur Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht.
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Ireland, China Finalise Strategic Partnership Agreement 4/2/2012 Ireland and China have concluded a Strategic Partnership Agreement, hailed by the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as a major step-up in relations that will lead to greater trade and investment.
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SEC Enhances Cooperation With EU, Cayman Islands 3/27/2012 The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that
it has established two memoranda of understanding with the Cayman Islands
Monetary Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority, as
part of its long-term strategy to improve the oversight of regulated entities
that operate across national borders.
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DIFC Boosts Collaboration With London 3/6/2012 The Dubai International Financial Centre and a body representing London's City have signed a new partnership agreement designed to boost collaboration between the financial centres.
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Liechtenstein, UK Seal Tax Treaty 2/9/2012 During a recent working visit to Vaduz by Dave Hartnett, UK Permanent Secretary for
Tax, Liechtenstein and the UK initialled a landmark
comprehensive bilateral Income Tax Treaty, and extended the unique Liechtenstein
Disclosure Facility.
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Hong Kong, Shanghai Enhance Financial Co-operation 1/9/2012 Following the signing in 2010 of the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Advancing
Hong Kong-Shanghai Financial Co-operation, officials held their second working
meeting on January 6, 2012, in Shanghai, to enhance financial co-operation between
the two places.
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UK, Mexico Sign IP Agreement 10/27/2011 A Memorandum of Understanding, to improve international cooperation between
the two nations on issues involving copyright, patents, trademarks and designs,
has been signed between the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property.
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Switzerland, India Sign MoU On Financial Cooperation 10/5/2011 Within the framework of a state visit to Switzerland by the President of the
Republic of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambühl
and Chitra Narayanan, the Republic of India Ambassador to Switzerland, signed
a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the two countries on financial
matters.
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Switzerland, Russia Sign Tax And Financial Agreements 9/28/2011 On the fringes of the annual International Monetary Fund meeting held in Washington,
Switzerland’s Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Russia's
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin signed a memorandum
on bilateral cooperation on financial matters and a protocol to the existing bilateral double tax agreement.
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Dubai Looks To Develop Relationship With China 9/21/2011 The Dubai International Financial Centre, the financial and business hub connecting the region’s emerging markets with the developed markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Pudong Financial Services Bureau.
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Guernsey Boosts Regulatory Ties With Germany 9/5/2011 The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Germany’s banking, insurance and securities regulator, BaFin.
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Taiwan, Hong Kong Sign Banking Supervision MOU 8/12/2011 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory
Commission have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding to
cover cooperation in banking supervision.
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QFC Signs MoU With Indian Reserve Bank 8/11/2011 On August 4 the Reserve Bank of India and the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote greater co-operation and the sharing of supervisory information between the two regulators.
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FTC Signs MOU With Chinese Antitrust Agencies 8/2/2011 The United States Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s
Antitrust Division have signed an antitrust memorandum of understanding with China’s three antitrust agencies to promote communication and cooperation
among the agencies in the two countries.
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Dubai Regulator Makes Agreement With India 6/17/2011 The Dubai Financial Services Authority has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Reserve Bank of India.
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Luxembourg, Tajikistan Ink DTA 6/14/2011 During an official visit to Luxembourg by Tajikistan’s President Emomali
Rahmon and accompanying delegation, the talks centred on strengthening bilateral
relations, on human rights, as well as on economic and financial issues, culminating
in the signing of a bilateral double taxation agreement between the two
countries.
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DIFC Courts Focus On Small Business Justice 6/10/2011 The DIFC Courts, the Dubai International Financial Centre’s independent
common law judicial system, and the UAE Ministry of Justice held an inaugural joint committee meeting recently following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2010, discussing ways to cooperate more deeply on legal affairs and highlighting recent initiatives like the ground-breaking Small Claims Tribunal.
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Canada, Russia Agree To Greater Cooperation 6/9/2011 Canada and Russia have concluded key economic talks by signing commitments to increase bilateral trade, cooperation and collaboration.
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Germany, Luxembourg Ink Salaries Agreement 6/7/2011 In order to avoid double taxation, Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schäuble and his Luxembourg counterpart Luc Frieden have announced their
agreement on more precise provisions pertaining to the taxation of cross-border
workers.
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HK, China Enhance Financial Market Cooperation 5/3/2011 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has announced that Mainland China’s
National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors and
Hong Kong’s Treasury Markets Association have signed a memorandum
of understanding to establish a formal bilateral co-operative relationship.
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China, Brazil To Boost Bilateral Trade 4/19/2011 Brazil and its most important trading partner, China, have agreed to key new bilateral trade deals, expected to generate USD1.5bn in business and lower barriers to entry to the Chinese market for higher added-value products from Brazil.
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Cayman Signs MoU With TCI 3/4/2011 The Cayman Islands have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the neighbouring islands of Turks and Caicos.
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Caribbean Sharpens Response To Financial Crime 1/19/2011 In an effort to sharpen the regional response to transnational organized crime,
the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security and the Caribbean
Financial Action Task Force have signed an agreement, laying down a framework for combating
financial crimes including money laundering.
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UK Audit Regulators Agree Cooperation Framework 1/19/2011 The Financial Services Authority and the Financial Reporting Council have agreed
a new Memorandum of Understanding to enable a greater degree of cooperation
and information exchange between the two regulators.
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Antigua and Barbuda Signs Cooperation Agreements With China 1/6/2011 Antigua and Barbuda has announced the attendance on the islands of a high-level
delegation from China, led by State Councillor Liu Yangdong. Four bilateral pacts
were signed, including one to boost economic ties.
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DIFC And Dubai Courts Enhance Cooperation 1/4/2011 The Joint Committee of Dubai Courts and Dubai International Financial Center Courts held a meeting at the end of the year to review the Committee's operations, intended objectives and results to date since the Committee’s establishment in 2008.
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Qatar Regulator And Irish Bank Sign Agreement 12/29/2010 The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and the Central Bank of Ireland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at promoting greater co-operation between the two regulators.
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South Africa, Kenya Sign DTA 11/30/2010 South Africa’s Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe (pictured), and Kenya’s Vice
President, Kalonzo Musyoka, have overseen the signing of a bilateral double taxation
agreement between their two countries, on the occasion of the former’s
visit to Kenya.
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Guernsey Signs Multilateral Insurance MoU 11/18/2010 The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has announced that it has become a
signatory to the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding of the International
Association of Insurance Supervisors.
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DFSA Signs Multilateral Insurance MoU 11/4/2010 The Dubai Financial Services Authority announced on November 3 that it had been
accepted, at the concluding meeting of the Executive Committee of the International
Association of Insurance Supervisors, as a signatory to the IAIS’s Multilateral
Memorandum of Understanding.
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SMX And TAIFEX Sign MOU Singapore Mercantile Exchange, the commodity and currency derivatives exchange, and the Taiwan Futures Exchange, Taiwan’s futures and options exchange, have signed a memorandum of understanding. |
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Screen Australia Releases New Co-Production Guidelines 10/7/2010 After a review which began in late 2009, and following three months of consultation
with Australian and individual practitioners, Screen Australia has released its
revised and more flexible International Co-production Programme guidelines.
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Dubai, Spain Strengthen Economic Ties 9/30/2010 The Dubai International Financial Centre has announced the signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding between the DIFC Authority and the Madrid Centro Financiero.
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USPTO Cooperates With UK, German Counterparts 9/28/2010 The United States Patent and Trademark Office is ready to begin implementation of plans to cooperate in patent examination with
the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, while it has also signed
a memorandum of understanding with the German Patent and Trademark Office for the same purpose.
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FSA, FINRA Sign Cooperation Agreement 9/23/2010 The United Kingdom Financial Services Authority and the United States
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority have entered into a memorandum
of understanding to support more cooperation between the two regulators.
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Cayman Concludes Banking Pact With US 8/25/2010 The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has announced that it has formalized
procedures with the four main United States banking regulators for the exchange
of supervisory information relating to banks and banking institutions that operate
in both territories.
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Dubai, Portugal Sign Regulatory Agreement 8/11/2010 The Dubai Financial Services Authority has announced the recent conclusion
of a cooperation agreement with the Portuguese banking supervisor, Banco de Portugal.
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DFSA Signs MoU With Danish Regulator 7/13/2010 The Dubai Financial Services Authority has announced the signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding with Finanstilsynet, the Danish Financial
Supervisory Authority.
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Jersey, SA Regulators Sign MoU 7/9/2010 The Jersey Financial Services Commission and the Bank Supervision Department
of the South African Reserve Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
that will help facilitate co-operation between the two regulatory bodies.
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Moves To Strengthen Trans-Tasman Trade 6/24/2010 New Zealand and Australia have concluded their review of the rules of origin under
the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement, while
the governments have also signed a revised memorandum of understanding on
the coordination of business law.
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DFSA Signs MoU With Canadian Regulator 6/23/2010 The Dubai Financial Services Authority has announced the signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
of Canada, concluded last week.
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USPTO And Rospatent Sign MoU 6/10/2010 Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Sharon R. Barner and Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks Director Boris Simonov, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on comprehensive bilateral cooperation between the US and Russia.
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US And China Sign Patent Agreement 5/24/2010 Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office David Kappos (pictured) and China’s State Intellectual Property Office Commissioner Tian Lipu have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on comprehensive bilateral cooperation on patents.
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Serbia, Austria Sign DTA 5/12/2010 Austria’s Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, Josef Proll signed a
convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion with respect
to taxes on income and property with Serbia’s Minister for Finance, Diana
Dragutinovic at a ceremony on May 7, 2010.
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Labuan And Mauritius Sign Regulatory MoU 4/30/2010 It has been announced that the Labuan Financial Services Authority and the Financial Services Commission, Mauritius have signed a
memorandum of understanding that will provide the basis for the two authorities
to work together, particularly in the fields of regulation, investigation and
enforcement.
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Hong Kong And Malaysia To Sign DTA 3/19/2010 In Kuala Lumpur, at the start of a Southeast Asian tour, Hong Kong’s Financial
Secretary, John Tsang, met the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, and both
sides agreed to negotiate a double taxation agreement between Hong Kong and Malaysia.
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