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Markets mixed as oil plunge resumes
February 5th, 2015
US stocks pulled back on Wednesday on the backdrop of resumed slide in oil prices and news that European Central Bank will no longer accept Greek bonds as collateral. Energy, utilities and health-care stocks led the losses, with six ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
UK SMEs lack processes required to eradicate late payments, reveals Neopost survey
February 5th, 2015
New research from Neopost UK has found that – even though invoices make up nearly a third (31%) of all SMEs outgoing communications – the majority of the UK’s smaller firms are struggling to manage their invoicing processes in ...
Asia stocks, euro hit as ECB takes hard line on Greek debt
February 5th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly lower and the euro slipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it would not accept Greek bonds as collateral – a robust early response to Athens’s efforts to renegotiate bailout terms with creditors. ...
Merkel Says Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing
February 5th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that a diplomatic offensive by newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ease his nation’s bailout-aid requirements is failing to win over converts. “I don’t think that the positions of the member states ...
Greek Finance Ministry says ECB decision aimed at Eurogroup
February 5th, 2015
The Greek Finance Ministry interpreted a European Central Bank decision to stop accepting Greek government bonds as collateral from local lenders as a moved aimed at pushing Athens and its eurozone partners towards a new debt deal. “By taking ...
Eligibility of Greek bonds used as collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations
February 5th, 2015
European Central Bank: 4 February 2015 ECB’s Governing Council lifts current waiver of minimum credit rating requirements for marketable instruments issued or guaranteed by the Hellenic Republic Suspension is in line with existing Eurosystem rules, since it is currently ...
ICAP plc response to European Commission decision
February 4th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, notes today’s decision of the European Commission (EC) to issue a fine of £11.3 million. This allegation relates to Yen Libor and ...
UK watchdog hands KPMG fines totalling £390,000
February 4th, 2015
The UK accountancy watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined KPMG a total of £390,000 for putting commercial considerations above ethical standards for auditors in two separate cases of misconduct that stretch back to 2010 and 2011. In the ...
ACCA awarded ISO 22301
February 4th, 2015
The international standard for Business Continuity – ISO 22301 – has been awarded to ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). ACCA was recently audited by the British Standards Institute, on three separate occasions over a total period of ...
