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British Accountancy Awards 2015: The winners
November 26th, 2015
A packed house at the Brewery celebrated the best of the profession at the British Accountancy Awards. Nearly 700 guests attended the awards, with regional and national firms recognised for the efforts during the past 12 months. The winners ...
Accountants need to become “strategic advisers”: RSM
November 18th, 2015
Accountants are faced with growing pressure to remain relevant or risk becoming “obsolete” in the face of the increasing proliferation of cloud-based and self-service accounting tools, according to accounting firm RSM. Under the Financial Services Reform Act 2001, accountants are ...
FCA‘s Project Innovate celebrates first anniversary with plans for ‘regulatory sandbox’
November 10th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published plans for implementing a ‘regulatory sandbox’. The sandbox will allow businesses to test out new, innovative financial products, services or business models without incurring all the normal regulatory consequences of engaging in ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
Trading Psychology: How to Cope with Losses
November 9th, 2015
Losing money in the financial markets is a tough pill to swallow for most traders. A big loss may not only affect your bank account, but your trading psychology as a whole. However, letting your fear of losing control ...
Bitcoin to be 6th largest reserve currency by 2030: Research
November 5th, 2015
Bitcoin industry insiders have issued an optimistic prediction for the cryptocurrency over the next few decades, suggesting it could be as widely used as the Swiss franc or the Australian dollar. U.K.-based Magister Advisors, which advises the technology industry ...
Bitcoin Is Suddenly Surging Again
November 3rd, 2015
And there are various theories behind the rise. Bitcoin is back in the news, but this time it seems to be for all the right reasons. After a blockbuster 2013, the digital currency tumbled throughout 2014 on negative headlines, such as the February ...
PayPal Reports Strong Third Quarter Results
October 29th, 2015
Revenue of $2.3 billion and growth of 15%, foreign currency neutral revenue growth of 19% on a non-GAAP pro forma basis GAAP operating margin up 80 basis points to 15% and non-GAAP operating margin up 200 basis points on a pro ...
ICE to acquire Interactive Data Corporation for $5.2 Billion
October 27th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange to acquire Interactive Data Corporation from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in $5.2 Billion cash and stock transaction October 28 investor call set to review ICE’s third quarter 2015 results and IDC transaction details Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), ...
Saudi Arabia to run out of cash in less than 5 years
October 26th, 2015
Not even the mighty Middle East can survive cheap oil forever. If oil stays around $50 a barrel, most countries in the region will run out of cash in five years or less, warned a dire report from the ...
