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Fintech funding hits all-time high in 2015, despite pullback in Q4: KPMG and CB Insights
March 11th, 2016
KPMG and CB Insights release their inaugural quarterly fintech venture capital (VC) report, highlighting a record year for venture-backed fintech startups in 2015, but waning investor appetite to close out the year. While 2015 marked a banner year for ...
Deloitte Forms Alliance with Kira Systems to Drive the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace
March 10th, 2016
Deloitte announced an alliance with Kira Systems to bring the power of machine learning to the workplace, an innovation that could help free workers from the tedium of reviewing contracts and other documents. The alliance combines Deloitte’s business insights in cognitive technologies ...
Volkswagen’s U.S. CEO Leaves Suddenly After ‘Mutual Agreement’
March 10th, 2016
Horn retained dealers’ support even as VW sales fell in U.S. `What could he have done, besides give cars away?’: Analyst Michael Horn, leader of the Volkswagen brand in the U.S., abruptly left the automaker as its American sales ...
RBNZ: Official Cash Rate reduced to 2.25 percent
March 10th, 2016
Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.25 percent. The outlook for global growth has deteriorated since the December Monetary Policy Statement, due to weaker ...
Commission launches a public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights
March 9th, 2016
The European Commission presents a first, preliminary outline of the European Pillar of Social Rights announced by President Juncker in September last year and launches a broad public consultation The European Commission presents a first, preliminary outline of the ...
KPMG Announces Agreement With IBM Watson To Help Deliver Cognitive-Powered Insights
March 9th, 2016
Deal accelerates adoption of new technologies across KPMG’s businesses, strengthening firm’s commitment to reinforcing confidence in the capital markets KPMG LLP and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology to KPMG’s professional services offerings. The agreement, including ...
Tom Hayes Denied Latest Bid to Appeal Libor Conviction
March 9th, 2016
An appeals court on Tuesday denied a request by Tom Hayes, a former trader at Citigroup and UBS, to ask Britain’s highest court to review his conviction in August for conspiring to manipulate a global benchmark interest rate known as Libor. Mr. Hayes, ...
Countries Meet with World Bank to Discuss Carbon Pricing and Build Carbon Markets
March 9th, 2016
Just months after the Paris Agreement at COP21, the World Bank today brought together over 30 developed and developing countries at the Carbon Pricing: Sustaining the Momentum after COP21 conference in Zurich to take stock and discuss opportunities and challenges to ...
Bob Moritz selected Global Chairman of PwC
March 8th, 2016
The PricewaterhouseCoopers International Network has selected Robert E. Moritz as its new chairman for a four-year term beginning on July 1, 2016. Since 2009, Mr. Moritz has led PwC US as its chairman and senior partner. During his tenure, ...
Saudi Arabia to hold out bond mandate prospect to banks
March 8th, 2016
Banks were briefed that the largest lenders on the loan, which may be as much as $10 billion, will also probably be appointed to arrange the bond Dubai: Saudi Arabia is holding out the prospect of a role in ...
