Resources in Asia-Pacific

China

Law Info China

Chinese law in English, established by the Peking University, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
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

China Securities Regulatory Commission

China Law Digest

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

Laws of Hong Kong

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

India Code Legislative Department

Government site for Indian legislation

Institute of Company Secretaries

Jindal Global Law Review - India Law

GLR aims to publish inter-disciplinary scholarship at the intersections of legal theory, critical theory, political economy, international relations and the humanities. The inaugural issue was published in September 2009

Indonesia

Indonesia Stock Exchange

Includes information on corporate actions, creditor actions, press releases, trading rules

Surabaya Stock Exchange (merged with the Indonesia Stock Exchange on 30 October 2007)

Jakarta Futures Exchange

Includes information on prices and data, products and press releases

Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (Indonesia Financial Services Authority) [in Indonesian]

Includes capital market laws, regulations, decrees and rules

OECD presentation on the new Otoritas Jasa Keuangan

Outlines changes to the regulatory body and its authority

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

Bank of Japan

Temple University, Japan

Articles, cases and statutes available
Topics include corporate governance, corporate shareholders, corporate law, antitrust

Japanese Law Online

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 and 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

New Zealand Stock Exchange

Information includes listing rules and market surveillance reports

Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

Primary and secondary legal sources available

In-house 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 Institute

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