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Top banks face wait for detail of new buffer to protect against bailouts
July 8th, 2014
According to a global banking regulator, details of a new buffer of bonds to shield taxpayers from having to rescue a big bank won’t become clear for at least a year or more. Lenders like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank ...
Gold Extends Drop From 3-Month High as Dollar Strengthens
July 7th, 2014
Gold extended a decline from a three-month high as the outlook for higher borrowing costs in the U.S. strengthened the dollar. Silver also dropped. Gold ended a 12-year rally last year on expectations the Federal Reserve would reduce stimulus ...
Australia Announces Exploration Development Incentive
July 7th, 2014
The Australian Government has announced a new Exploration Development Incentive (EDI) that will assist junior explorers in raising capital from private sector investors through a refundable tax offset. The legislation is still being finalized, but Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias ...
Emerging-Market Target Practice
June 26th, 2014
Central bankers want only a few things. To achieve any of them they usually seek to nudge inflation expectations, demonstrate the transparency of monetary policy, and establish their institutions’ credibility. To communicate their intentions simply and clearly, they may ...
China Finds $15B of Loans Backed by Falsified Gold Trades
June 26th, 2014
China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing deals. Twenty-five bullion processors made a combined profit of more than 900 million yuan ...
How High a Deductible Should Your Company Take?
June 25th, 2014
Deciding the right level of a company’s insurance deductibles depends largely on the organization’s risk appetite and its financial strength — definitely territory for the CFO. Risk appetite and financial strength must be considered when companies pit which risks ...
Rule Field Test Foretells Crunch in Closing the Audit
June 24th, 2014
Field testing of a proposed expansion of the auditor’s report suggests the new requirements will produce a new crunch in the closing phase of the audit, and auditors will need some additional guidance to assure they focus on the ...
Auditors Favor Curbs on Changes to the Audit Report
June 23rd, 2014
Rather than divulge every worry that kept them up at night during an audit, some auditors feel that they should limit their reporting of “critical audit matters” to the anxieties they’ve reported to the audit committee, according to an ...
An Interview With Jeffrey Smith, CIO of GHash.io
June 23rd, 2014
For the past two weeks, the Bitcoin community has been buzzing with worry over the mining pool GHash.io. Founded in July 2013, the pool has quickly risen to become the world’s largest Bitcoin mining group, prompting concerns that they ...
Commodities market overview
June 20th, 2014
A summary of trading in key commodities markets overseas: ENERGY Oil prices soared on escalating violence in Iraq, as government troops recaptured a major refinery and the US said it was sending in military advisers to train Iraqi forces. ...
