International Sites (General)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Asian Develoment Bank (APEC)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Ministerial statements, meeting reports, documents, speeches, policy statements and other documents on issues such as corporate governance and financial regulation in the region
APEC Business Advisory Council Library
- Large collection of reports, studies, plans and correspondence concerning financial, investment and regulatory issues in the Asia-Pacific region
International Organization of Securities Commissions
International Federation of Stock Exchanges
East Asian and Oceanian Stock Exchanges Federation
International Capital Market Association
World Bank
Country Sites
Australian Legislation
Australian Corporate Law Judgments
Governmental & Regulatory Bodies:
Professional & Interest Bodies
Financial Press
China
China Law
- Chinese law for mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Hong Kong in English
- Includes statutes and reported cases
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
- Laws and regulations available on topics such as finance and foreign exchange
- Other information includes ministry speeches, economic data, updates on trade and investment
Internet Chinese Legal Research Center
- Links to legal resources on mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Cases, regulations and statutes available, some non-English
LawInfoChina
China Securities Regulatory Commission
Chinalegal.net
- Comprehensive site featuring laws and general legal information and news
- Chinese laws, regulations and cases available
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission
- Regulations - list of SFC Code and guidelines
- Consultation papers - full text, conclusions
- Enforcement action by the SFC - prosecutions, disciplinary actions, public reprimands
- Press Releases by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
- Takeovers Panel decisions
Companies Registry
Standing Committee on Company Law Reform
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
- Publications include legislative guidelines and regulations
- Quarterly bulletin covers issues such as corporate governance, interest rate regulations etc
Department of Justice
Asian Institute of International Financial Law, University of Hong Kong
- Research and publications on international financial and economic law, and banking and finance law.
Legislative Council
Bills, legislation and subsidiary legislation, financial proposals available
India
Ministry of Law and Justice
- Includes information on corporate regulation
Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Includes information about how the SEBI regulates the securities markets
Bombay Stock Exchange
National Stock Exchange of India
Companylawinfo.com
- Includes legislation, judgments and other company law information
India Code Legislative Department
- Government site for Indian legislation
Laws 4 India.com
- Includes judgments of courts
Institute of Company Secretaries
Global Law Review - India Law
- includes links to corporate law regulatory bodies, the Companies Act and professional associations
Indonesia
Indonesia Stock Exchange
- Includes information on corporate actions, creditor actions, press releases, trading rules
Srabaya Stock Exchange (linked with the Indonesia Stock Exchange)
- Includes Listing Rules and amendments to regulations. Also includes press releases on enforcement issues, and the SSX newsletter
Capital Markets Supervisory Agency
- Includes capital market laws, regulations, decrees and rules
Japan
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
- Includes SESC actions, and SESC annual reports on investigations of offences, recommendations, surveillance and inspections
Financial Services Agency
Ministry of Finance
Tokyo Stock Exchange
- News about updates and amendments to trading and listing rules
Osaka Securities Exchange
Bank of Japan
Temple University, Japan
- Articles, cases and statutes available
- Topics include corporate governance, corporate shareholders, corporate law, antitrust
Japan Law
- Information on topics including corporate law, securities regulation, includes translations of laws, commentaries and updates
Supreme Court of Japan
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Corporate Executives
Japan Securities Depository Center
Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc
Nagoya Stock Exchange
Korea
Korea Stock Exchange
- Includes information about investigations on trading offences and member enforcement actions and processes as well as general market surveillance by the KSE
- Also includes press releases, for example on corporate disclosure
Center for Korean Legal Studies, Columbia University
- List of articles on Korean law listed by topic. Topics include corporate law, banking law, securities law, foreign exchange control
- Selected articles available online only
Invest Korea
- Includes laws and regulations on finance, securities annd accounting
Malaysia
Securities Commission of Malaysia
- Publications section
- Guidelines and regulations
- Legislation including the Securities Commission Act, Futures Industry Act, Malaysian Code on Takeovers and Mergers
- Discussion papers and presentations (includes discussion of market regulation, reform etc)
Bursa Malaysia
- Market regulation
- Includes discussion on interpretation and changes of legislation and codes
Current Law Journal Legal Network - Law Database of Malaysia
- Case names and headnotes available online by conducting search
- Subscription fee required for full text
Ministry of Finance (Treasury)
- Information includes Ministerial speeches and statements from international conferences on market regulation and corporate governance, and reform in Malaysia
Malaysian Company Law Basics
- Information includes the duties and liabilities of company directors, and directors and secretaries code of ethics
- Court judgments
- Articles on corporate governance also available
New Zealand
Securities Commission
- Includes discussion papers on legal issues, reports on inquiries into trading offences
- International sources include communiques from conferences by the International Organisation of Securities Commissions
New Zealand Stock Exchange
- Information includes listing rules and market surveillance reports
Faculty of Law, University of Auckland
- Primary and secondary legal sources available
Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand
Ministry of Economic Development
Papua New Guinea
Investment Promotion Authority
Port Moresby Stock Exchange
Philippines
Securities and Exchange Commission
Singapore
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- Statutes and subsidiary legislation administered by MAS
Singapore Stock Exchange
- Includes regulations, by-laws, listing rules, press releases
Internet Insolvency Search Service, Ministry of Law
- Information on bankruptcy and liquidation
Law Society of Singapore
- Includes the Law Gazette, official publication of the Law Society. Cases, articles and legislation available on various issues relating to corporate law, insurance law, etc
Ministry of Finance
- Includes Asia Development Forum with papers, speeches on matters including regulation of markets, insurance, and banking, and corporate governance
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
Lawnet free resources
- Some links to legislation and Law Reform Committee reports
Insolvency and Public Trustees Office
Sri Lanka
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Colombo Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Law Source Retrieving System of Taiwan, Republic of China, Stock Exchanges and Futures Trading
- Includes legislation such as the Securities and Exchange Law
Securities and Futures Insititute
Taiwan Stock Exchange
- Includes legislation and rules
Thailand
Securities and Exchange Commission
- Includes full text of the Securities and Exchange Act 1992, and latest developments in regulation and legislation
- List of legal actions and settlements under specified sections of the Securities and Exchange Act
Stock Exchange of Thailand
- Press releases on issues such as rules and regulations for internet trading and corporate governance
Business in Thailand
- Information includes stock market and company news and updates
Ministry of Finance
- Includes policy statements, media releases on issues including corporate governance and market regulation
Vietnam
Vietnam Legal Documents (1)
Vietnam Legal Documents (2)
South Pacific Island Nations
General
University of the South Pacific School of Law
- Includes cases, legislation, sources of law for South Pacific countries
Journal of South Pacific Law
- Full-text articles, case notes and working papers from the Journal of South Pacific Law
University of Waikato
- Includes articles, full-text judicial decisions and legal information for South Pacific countries
Cook Islands
Legislation
Judgments
Fiji
Capital Markets Development Authority
Legislation
Judgments
Reserve Bank of Fiji
Guam
Guam Code On-Line
Supreme Court
Superior Court
District Court
Kiribati
Judgments
Legislation
Marshall Islands
Judgments
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Legislation
Judgments
Nauru
Legislation
Niue
Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Law Revision Commission
Samoa
Judgments
Legislation
Solomon Islands
Judgments
Tokelau
Legislation
Tonga
Legislation
Judgments
Tuvalu
Legislation
Vanuatu
Judgments
Law Reports
Legislation
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