Search Results for: ASIC
The Contribution of an Investment Adviser
October 7th, 2014
Investing in the Stock Market is essentially a daily war which includes attack and defence, risk and fear, victories and triumphs, disappointments and losses. As mentioned in the famous book The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, every battle ...
How to choose an accountant
October 3rd, 2014
Selecting an accountant to support your business is an important decision and something you need to consider carefully. Dan Martin gathers advice from members of the community UK Business Forums. How much should you pay? As with everything in ...
Drug patents held overseas can pare makers’ tax bills
September 30th, 2014
As the Obama administration tries to stop companies from avoiding taxes by moving their headquarters overseas, the makers of some of the world’s most lucrative and expensive medicines are using another tactic to reduce their payments to the government. ...
Greithner must deliver S&P documents in $5 billion U.S. fraud lawsuit
September 26th, 2014
On legal news, Timothy Geithner, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, must give Standard & Poor’s documents, basically unedited versions, he used when writing his best-selling memoir, a ruling that could help S&P defend against the government’s $5 billion fraud lawsuit ...
Greenpeace Now Accepts Bitcoin
September 23rd, 2014
Completely independent organization Greenpeace announced today that it now accepts donations in bitcoin, becoming the latest charitable institution to adopt the digital currency into its operations. Greenpeace devotes its efforts to ensuring a “healthy planet for current and future ...
Australian firm pays $20,400 penalty for making misleading representations
September 18th, 2014
The Australian regulator has charged Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd (Invast), an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee based in Sydney, with the amount of $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representations. ASIC was alert ...
’Tax Reform’ Cry Hampers Effort to Curb Inversions
September 12th, 2014
Republicans and business allies such as House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce say they know the way to stop companies from changing addresses to cut their tax bills: Reform the tax code. ...
Alibaba IPO signals global ambitions
September 12th, 2014
It was a scene straight out of Silicon Valley — only it took place across the Pacific. In 1999, Jack Ma gathered his wife and 17 friends in his small apartment in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou, about 100 ...
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited pays $96,000 infringement notice penalty
September 11th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has ruled a fine against Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch). The company has paid a total penalty of $96,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets ...
Banks are puzzled over how to stop rate fixing
September 10th, 2014
Banks and regulators have still not found a way to be sure of stopping traders from manipulating Libor, foreign exchange and other benchmarks, top watchdog Martin Wheatley said yesterday. More than two years on from the first bank fine ...
