Investors in Ross Asset Management face a “gruesome legal fight” to recover their funds if investigations by regulators show fund principle David Ross was running a Ponzi scheme, says investor spokesman Bruce Tichbon. The receivers of the Ross group yesterday applied to the High Court to liquidate the companies and a hearing date has been set for Dec. 17. Receivers …

Opening Ceremony Li Xiangyang, Director General of the National Institute of International Strategy (CASS) welcomed participants and the audience to the event and opened the day’s proceedings. The first keynote speaker was Huang Haotao, Secretary General of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Prof Huang focussed on the many achievements over the past 40 years of diplomatic relations and the …

Major cities in New Zealand continue to offer overseas expatriates world-class living standards and working conditions, Mercer’s 2012 Quality of Living Survey has found. Auckland has maintained its position, for the fourth year in a row, as the third best city in the global rankings, followed by Wellington at 13th place. Across the Tasman, Sydney has ranked as the tenth …