Dawn raids: how corporates can stay awake
Businesses need to have the right procedures and policies in place so that staff will know what to do
DAWN raids, the unannounced search and seizure operations carried out by regulatory authorities - and often dramatised in Hollywood productions - are becoming an increasingly frequent occurrence in reality; yet, just how prepared are Singapore businesses when it comes to dealing with this newer and relatively more unfamiliar form of regulatory risk?
A report last week by global law firm Baker McKenzie, which surveyed 260 business executives and legal managers based in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, said that businesses in Singapore listed compliance with changing regulations as the biggest risk facing companies. Most (78 per cent) believed that their compan…
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