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International law firm is opening a new tech innovation space
March 28th, 2017
Allen & Overy is opening Fuse, a new tech innovation space where tech companies, Allen & Overy lawyers, technologists and their clients will collaborate to explore, develop and test legal, regulatory and deal-related solutions. The legal market is embracing ...
US grassroots coalition calls for end to FATCA
March 27th, 2017
A coalition of 23 US taxpayer protection and grassroots organisations is campaigning for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), labelling the regulations ‘unacceptable and un-American’ on the grounds they fail to tackle tax avoidance by ...
Deutsche Börse to launch Sustainable Finance Initiative
March 21st, 2017
Deutsche Börse will be launching the Sustainable Finance Initiative in Frankfurt. The aim is to establish new interdisciplinary structures for sustainable entrepreneurship along with some 100 of the financial centre’s key participants in order to explore new business areas. ...
ASIC: Evaluating distributed ledger technology
March 20th, 2017
ASIC has today released an information sheet on distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain technology. Read Information Sheet 219 Evaluating distributed ledger technology (INFO 219). In the last few years, there has been intense interest in DLT ...
Another market regulator warns for the risks in trading of Binary Options with unregulated platforms
March 14th, 2017
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued a warning to investors on the trading of binary options with unregulated platforms. This comes in the wake of an increase in the number of complaints from investors who have suffered ...
Linklaters launches AI data analysis tool
March 13th, 2017
Linklaters has teamed up with city tech start-up Eigen Technologies to launch an AI-backed data analysis and extraction tool in order to achieve ‘a level of flexibility’ not currently available on the marketplace. Eigen’s co-founder Lewis Liu was formerly ...
Bitcoin could hit $3,000 by the end of the year after recent rally: Analyst
March 11th, 2017
The price of bitcoin could hit $3,000 by the end of the year after recently trading above gold and hitting a fresh record high, an analyst told CNBC on Tuesday. A rise on this scale would represent a near ...
Rising demand for chartered accountants in Middle East
March 9th, 2017
As business models become more complex and sophisticated, every enterprise needs qualified professionals to help them invest, develop and grow prudently. Since 1961, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) has been playing a pivotal role in meeting ...
Small Business skeptical to adopt Mobile Banking
March 9th, 2017
RateWatch, a leading banking data and analytics service owned by TheStreet, Inc. (TST) and Simon-Kucher & Partners, a strategy and marketing consulting firm, released the results from the 3rd Annual Monetizing Digital Banking Products for Small Business Customers survey. ...
CMC Markets announced a major partnership to become the second-largest stockbroker in Australia
March 8th, 2017
CMC Markets plc, (LSE: CMCX, “CMC” or the “Group”), a leading global provider of online retail trading, today announces a major stockbroking partnership with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (“ANZ”). The transaction will result in CMC becoming ...
