Since China made alternations in its Company law, there has been a multitude of articles informing and speculating the change. Half a year later, as the dust settles down, what does it mean practically? As of March 1st, 2014, various requirements were abolished from the PRC Company Law in...

Steve Kay writes in his August 7th Beef Central article “Amazing US price bubble …” that “no one remotely forecast what has happened in the young cattle and fed cattle markets this year”. This is a very reasonable statement in the context that trying to predict the specific timing...

The production of beef cattle integrated with oil palm plantations is arguably more efficient than any other production model available today with the exception of Indian dairy buffalo beef. The key elements of this production system are : Cattle graze on native grass growing under the trees on existing...

Ross Ainsworth’s July report with Key Points :Indonesian prices on the rise once again Rapid development of new ESCAS facilities in Vietnam Thai domestic prices and live cattle exports remain strong. Indonesia : Slaughter Steers AUD $3.30 / kg liveweight Ramadan had its traditional affect of causing prices to...

On 28 July 2014, Australia’s first RMB Settlement Service for payments in China’s currency (RMB), which was jointly developed by Bank of China and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), successfully went live, signalling the arrival of the RMB as the first foreign currency to be used for payment settlement...

The Cayman Islands government has approved the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the “Law”), effective 4 June 2014. Under the Law, all directors of covered entities, that is, mutual funds regulated under the Mutual Funds Law (2013 Revision) or directors of companies registered as “excluded persons” under the...

Twice this week China spectator have reported on widespread money laundering from China to Australia through the SIV Scheme. They reported “China’s state broadcaster CCTV launched a blistering attack on one of the country’s most powerful government-owned financial institutions, the Bank of China, accusing it of money laundering and...

Update : Launching October 2015 The Merkin Group announces  our newly formed joint venture AFSL and Responsible Entity which will, with a heavy weighting on wholesale, sophisticated, high net worth, professional and exempt investors : authorise the expansion of BoxRED’s  current  unlicensed activities into regulated and licensed corporate and...

Ross Ainsworth’s June report with Key Points : Indonesian prices finally stabilise,Ramadan and Lebaran demand likely to ensure that the next price movement for Indonesia is upwards, Presidential elections introduce a new element of uncertainty, Thai live cattle exports to China and Vietnam booming,Cambodia will develop into a future...

Chinese box office of more than $3.52bn in 2013 increased 27.5% on the previous year and received a boost from local fare, while foreign films are withering in the face of fierce competition, according to a new report from EntGroup Consulting. The company’s China Film Industry Report 2013-2014 is...