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2015 trends: Accountants and technology
October 24th, 2014
Love it or hate it, technology is permanently changing, and accountants are now expected to keep abreast of these fluctuations in order to keep clients happy. Gone is the day – and many may rue it – of employing ...
b-next enhances CMC:Global Control Room to monitor financial institutions’ global trading and banking activity
October 24th, 2014
b-next, a specialist provider of capital markets compliance solutions, announced the enhancement of its proprietary CMC:Global Control Room web-based tool to provide financial institutions with a comprehensive view of all activities across its global operations. The CMC:Global Control Room ...
Asian Equities Lower on Growth Woes
October 23rd, 2014
European and Asian stock markets ground lower on Thursday, worries over banks and corporate results again darkening the mood despite a surprisingly upbeat survey of Germany’s manufacturing and service sectors. U.S. stocks were on course to open a touch ...
China Factory Gauge Rises as Workers Weather Slowdown
October 23rd, 2014
A Chinese manufacturing gauge rose in October, adding to signs a resilient labor market and export demand are helping the world’s second-largest economy weather a housing market downturn. The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit ...
Credit Suisse Profit More Than Doubles as Trading Rises
October 23rd, 2014
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, reported an increase in third-quarter profit driven by a surge in revenue at the investment bank, while earnings in other businesses fell. The group’s net income jumped to 1.03 billion Swiss ...
Alpari Trading Volumes Reach $217 Billion in September
October 23rd, 2014
The Alpari group of companies have announced trading volumes in excess of $217 billion for 1-30 September 2014. Forex, precious metals and commodity trading proved particularly robust during September. Comprehensive analysis of the Scottish referendum – which included Bloomberg ...
Citi architect criticises its retreat
October 22nd, 2014
John Reed, one of the architects of the modern-day Citigroup, has criticised his successors’ decision to shut down its consumer operations in 11 international markets, painting the move as shortsighted. “They’re looking at the business differently, they seem to ...
Oil Rises After Chinese GDP Surprises at 7.3% in Q3
October 21st, 2014
West Texas Intermediate and Brent crudes advanced after Chinese economic growth exceeded analysts’ estimates, signaling stronger fuel demand in the world’s second-biggest oil consuming country. Futures rose as much as 1.5 percent in New York and 1.2 percent in ...
Private equity titans open cloistered world to smaller investors
October 21st, 2014
Seeing individual investors as untapped sources of capital, private equity firms are seeking to attract checks in the tens of thousands of dollars rather than in the hundreds of millions. For decades, David M. Rubenstein has persuaded big institutions ...
Chiquita shares fall ahead of key investor vote
October 21st, 2014
Chiquita shares fell after a top shareholder rejected the firm’s plan to buy an Irish rival. Shares of Chiquita Brands International (CQB) closed down sharply Monday after a major institutional investor in the banana market giant said it would ...
