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The root cause of monetary confusion
September 23rd, 2016
Arguments about sound and unsound money often degenerate into a them-and-us dispute, with the supporters of unsound money casting sound money proponents as impractical out-of-date libertarian weirdos. Supporting one side or the other as if they were opposing football ...
Lawyers must rebuild trust – Christine Lagarde
September 22nd, 2016
Lawyers have a key role to play in rebuilding public trust in institutions, the head of one of the globe’s most important bodies told thousands of lawyers gathered for the IBA’s annual conference. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the ...
Switzerland’s Supreme Court Permits Dutch Tax Info Request
September 22nd, 2016
Switzerland’s Supreme Court has overturned the decision of a lower court preventing information on bank accounts held by Dutch citizens with UBS to be sent to the Netherlands tax authority. Upholding an appeal by a Dutch client of Swiss ...
Industry Experts take to stage for Fintech EUROPE London 2016
September 20th, 2016
Managers of Wealth (MoW) event FinTech EUROPE 2016 is to be held in central London on 27 October, 2016. The speakers represent many industry leading organisations and have extensive experience which contributes to their interesting, stimulating and insightful topics ...
Swiss National Bank leaves expansionary monetary policy unchanged
September 15th, 2016
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is maintaining its expansionary monetary policy. Interest on sight deposits at the SNB is to remain at –0.75% and the target range for the three-month Libor is unchanged at between –1.25% and –0.25%. At ...
Asian stocks fall to six-week lows as bond rout intensifies
September 14th, 2016
Asian stocks wallowed near six-week lows on Wednesday and the dollar stood strong against a broad swathe of currencies including the Japanese yen as concerns grew about the fading impact of the world’s major central banks to stimulate growth. ...
France announces €1bn pre-election cut in income tax
September 13th, 2016
Move to benefit more than five million households with average gain of nearly €200 The French government will cut income tax by €1 billion in its 2017 budget, the finance ministry said on Friday, seeking to ease the pain ...
Europol, Interpol unite to combat money laundering with digital currencies
September 13th, 2016
Europol, INTERPOL, and the Basel Institute on Governance have formalised the establishment of a tripartite partnership for a working group on money laundering with digital currencies. The working group will aim to: • gather, analyse, and exchange non-operational information regarding ...
Japanese bonds are headed for their worst quarter in 13 years
September 12th, 2016
‘It’s simply a misunderstanding’ by market: Tokai Tokyo’s Sano Falling liquidity exposes market to spike in yields, Sano says Japan bond superbull Kazuhiko Sano remains committed to his stance that’s been vindicated since 2012 despite a recent surge in ...
Deloitte announces record global revenue of $36.8bn
September 8th, 2016
Deloitte has reported aggregate network revenue of $36.8bn for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2016, representing 9.5% growth in local currency terms. Risk advisory grew the most at 22.5%, driven by high demand for cyber and regulatory services, ...
