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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, ...
Bank of England: Oil price fall ‘good for UK economy’
February 5th, 2016
The fall in oil prices has been a “net good” for the economy, Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent has said. He told BBC Radio 5live’s Wake Up To Money that falling oil prices had helped to push ...
Surprises in store…
February 3rd, 2016
The month of January has been a wake-up call for complacent equity investors. From the peaks of last year stock indices in the major markets have fallen 10-20%, give or take. On their own, these falls could be read ...
HKEX rolls out its Strategic Plan 2016-2018
January 25th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced on Thursday its Strategic Plan 2016-2018, outlining the development roadmap for HKEX and Hong Kong’s financial markets. HKEX’s strategic goals for the three-year period are to extend and deepen its value ...
Could Greece Positively Surprise World Economy in 2016?
January 21st, 2016
Premier sees investors returning to Greece in recent weeks Asset-sales fund announces Piraeus Port stake sale to Cosco Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said investor trust in the Greek economy is returning as the country’s asset-sales fund announced the privatization ...
PwC economists reveal predictions for 2016
January 11th, 2016
G7 to grow at fastest rate since 2010, led by US and UK Geopolitics (rather than economics) will top policymakers’ agendas Commodity prices will remain lower for longer End of the Eurozone crisis African population to rise in 2016 ...
Gold in 2016
January 8th, 2016
Advance signs of a global slump in economic activity emerged in 2015. Furthermore, the dollar’s strength, coupled with widening credit spreads confirms a global tendency for dollar-denominated debt to contract. These developments typically precede an economic and financial crisis ...
Top 5 Law Firm Tech Trends: Are They Truly Feasible for 2016?
January 4th, 2016
What will happen in the New Year? Now is a great time for firms to benchmark potential options, technology and processes to further improve their practices. Always this time of year, talk inevitably turns to trends. What will happen ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Accounting firms have pushed into legal but will law push back?
December 28th, 2015
While big-four accounting firms have bulked up their legal services this year, law firms have missed the opportunity to diversify, says an analyst at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Marc Totaro, the national manager of professional services at ...
