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Accounting Firms movements: Agreements, Acquisitions and additions
October 9th, 2015
EY’s member firm Ernst &Young Advisory has acquired Bluestone Consulting, an analytics and big data consultancy based in France. Bluestone provides data visualization, statistical engineering techniques and expertise to businesses’ operations in the marketing, finance and risk domains. The additional resources ...
5 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Starting A FinTech Company
October 9th, 2015
Even though I worked at a bank for years before founding Coinsetter in late 2012, it’s incredible how little I ultimately knew about how banks and financial institutions work behind the scenes. Starting a bitcoin exchange has been a ...
Equity rally stalls as German data casts cloud over global growth
October 8th, 2015
Global stocks traded just off three-week highs on Thursday after unexpectedly weak trade and machinery orders data from Germany and Japan hinted at a stalling in the momentum of some of the world’s biggest economies. An oil price bounce, ...
SEC: Blackstone to Pay Nearly $39 Million Settlement
October 8th, 2015
Blackstone Charged With Disclosure Failures Private Equity Advisers to Pay Nearly $39 Million Settlement The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that three private equity fund advisers within The Blackstone Group have agreed to pay nearly $39 million to settle ...
Australian Banks Close Bitcoin Exchange Accounts
October 7th, 2015
Banks and businesses in Australia are shunning virtual currency Bitcoin. Thirteen leading banks have simultaneously frozen or closed Bitcoin exchange current accounts effectively closing off the banking system to users of the currency. Businesses have also turned their backs ...
Tax transparency: Commission welcomes agreement on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings
October 7th, 2015
EU Commission welcomes agreement reached by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings The EU Commission has welcomed today’s unanimous agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on cross-border tax rulings, just ...
EU Court Says Data-Transfer Pact With U.S. Violates Privacy
October 7th, 2015
Decision will affect about 4,500 companies that move, store personal data The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a trans-Atlantic pact used by thousands of companies to transfer Europeans’ personal information to the U.S., throwing into jeopardy ...
Why Vietnam could prove to be the best place to invest in the coming years
October 7th, 2015
When you hear talking about stocks and stock markets, most of the time, you hear about the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq, the Footsie or the Dax. Over the last decade, the largest emerging stock markets such as China, Brazil ...
Volkswagen Stock Chart Is Looking Like BP’s After Oil Spill
October 7th, 2015
Technical analysts say recovery in VW shares will take years BP shares are still 42 percent below their high of 2010 An ominous chart pattern that formed in shares of BP Plc after its 2010 oil spill is now ...
Six Former Brokers Stand Trial Over Libor
October 7th, 2015
Court hears brokers helped convicted trader Tom Hayes rig interest rate benchmarks for financial gain Six former brokers with nicknames including “Lord Libor” and “Big Nose” helped convicted bank trader Tom Hayes rig interest-rate benchmarks for financial gain, a London court ...
