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Forex TG requests voluntary suspension of AFS licence
February 10th, 2016
Forex TG Pty Ltd (Forex TG) has voluntarily requested that ASIC temporarily suspend its Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence in order to provide it with time to restructure, re-brand and to ensure compliance with its regulatory obligations after changes ...
EY announces its EY Synapse Analytics-as-a-Service platform to accelerate delivery of analytics-driven insights to businesses globally
February 10th, 2016
EY has announced its global Analytics-as-a-Service (AaaS) platform, EY Synapse, to accelerate the delivery of analytics-driven insights that businesses can use to compete and operate more effectively. The EY Synapse platform expands EY’s analytics managed services capabilities with a ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop Again as European Banks Get Pummeled
February 9th, 2016
Investors are concerned about ability to navigate volatile markets Deutsche Bank AG’s shares dropped almost 10% on Monday as the battered European banking sector was hit by a fresh selloff amid investor concerns about lenders’ capital buffers and ability to ...
Top London Lawyers Now Cost More Than £1,000 Per Hour
February 8th, 2016
Report says hourly rates for elite London firms at record high Lack of competition and opaque fee structures are to blame The cost of hiring a top London lawyer has risen to more than 1,000 pounds ($1,445) an hour, ...
VW faces tougher Justice Department while GM and Toyota settled criminal charges without pleading guilty
February 8th, 2016
Government making `big deal’ of company’s emissions cheating GM, Toyota settled criminal charges without pleading guilty No one has died from the emissions-cheating software Volkswagen AG has admitted it installed in some of its cars, yet the U.S. Justice ...
HSBC fined $470m for ‘abusive mortgage practices’ during 2008 crisis
February 8th, 2016
Settlement with US Department of Justice centres on allegations that bank ‘robo-signed’ thousands of foreclosure documents without reviewing paperwork HSBC has been fined $470m (£325m) for “abusive mortgage practices” in relation to the 2007-2009 housing crisis in which millions of ...
KPMG International Announces New Global Head of Tax
February 3rd, 2016
KPMG International Announces New Global Head of Tax, Jane McCormick. KPMG International named UK-based Jane McCormick as new Global Head of Tax. Jane will assume the role from Greg Wiebe, who led KPMG’s Global Tax Practice for the last ...
Deloitte UK launches a new regulatory and investor reporting managed service
February 1st, 2016
Deloitte UK launches Prisma, a new regulatory and investor reporting managed service The service supports global regulatory requirements, including new PRIIPs regulation. Deloitte, the business advisory firm, today launches Prisma, which helps investment managers, banks and insurance firms to ...
Barclays, Credit Suisse Charged With Dark Pool Violations
February 1st, 2016
The latest update regarding the charges is that Barclays and Credit Suisse Agree to Dark Pools Settlements Barclays Plc and Credit Suisse Group AG agreed to settle allegations by New York’s top cop and the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
IG Group released report of Investment Trends 2015 UK
January 29th, 2016
IG Group has issued an announcement to make publish Investment Trends 2015 UK Leveraged Trading Report. According to the company: UK trader numbers rose over 2015 in spite of the turmoil that followed the Swiss Franc depeg New criteria ...