September 29, 2019

Accounting fraud takes a new dimension in China

China’s biggest accounting firm Ruihua CPA’s is being investigated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) after one of its clients was found to have infested its profits by RMB 12billion ( US$1.74billion)over four years! This is not the first time Ruihua was investigated 3 years ago they were barred from handling any IPO work…

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Paul Wan, FCA

September 29, 2019

Accounting for Cryptocurrencies

With rapid changes in technology and business environment, holdings of cryptocurrencies allow businesses and individuals to transact directly to each other without any intermediary such as banks or financial institutions. Accordingly, it appears practical issues on how to account for such assets given the fact that there is no accounting standard currently provide direct guidance,…

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Paul Wan & Co

September 29, 2019

Case Study: Thomas Cook plc, A lesson to be learned

The oldest Travel Agent 178 years collapsed and went into administration in the UK on 23rd September 2019. It was founded in 1841 in Leicestershire by Thomas Cook a cabinet-maker. Prior to the collapse, it’s revenue was £9bn, it had 19 million customers, 22,000 staff in 16 countries. What happened? Thomas Cook which is German-owned…

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Paul Wan, FCA

September 29, 2019

Singapore GDP Update – September 2019

On 13th August 2019, Singapore’s   Ministry of Trade and Industry slashed it’s 2019 GDP forecast to zero to 1% -this is in contrast to the forecast of 1.5% to 2.5%. With the expected continued decline in the economy, Singapore is in a technical recession. In our earlier write up we predicted that the challenges are…

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Paul Wan, FCA

May 1, 2019

New S$75m grant to enhance Singapore as an enterprise financing hub

Singapore, 14 January 2019 – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will launch next month a new S$75 million Grant for Equity Market Singapore (GEMS). Announcing this at the UBS Wealth Insights conference today, Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance and MAS Board Member, highlighted Singapore’s vision to serve as Asia’s centre for capital…

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Wan Wei Han