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Kiwibank Fintech Accelerator to scale up Kiwi start-ups
October 7th, 2016
New Zealand’s first FinTech Accelerator has been set up to turn great ideas into fledgling businesses, and could help New Zealand grow its share of a burgeoning global $1 trillion (NZD) industry. Kiwibank, Xero, Callaghan Innovation and Creative HQ ...
Bill Gross: Central Banks Are Pushing Investors to Bitcoin
October 5th, 2016
Risky markets and an incapable central banking culture could drive investors into the arms of bitcoin and gold, billionaire asset manager Bill Gross opined in a recent note to investors. Gross, who founded the Pacific Investment Management Co and ...
Pound Plumbs New 31-Year Lows Against Dollar
October 5th, 2016
The British pound continued to slump in trading Wednesday, touching fresh 31-year lows against the dollar, and a new five-year low against the euro. Sterling fell to as low as €1.1309 as markets opened in Europe, surpassing its 2013 lows and ...
FCA fines Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited £8.2m for Client Money and Assets failings
October 5th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited (together Aviva) £8,246,800 for failings in its oversight of its outsourced providers in relation to the protection of client assets. The ...
Ericsson to cut 3,900 jobs in Sweden
October 4th, 2016
Ericsson (ERICb.ST) plans to cut around 3,900 jobs in Sweden, doing away with most of its manufacturing in the country as it grapples with a shrinking market for telecoms network equipment. The Swedish company, whose share price has fallen ...
HSBC reduces tariff for thousands of business customers
October 4th, 2016
HSBC has pledged its support for Scotland’s small business community by extending a reduced tariff applied to customers using its digital banking services. The bank’s Electronic Banking Tariff (EBT) is now available to customers with a turnover of up ...
It’s Not Just Deutsche Bank. The Entire Financial Sector Is Sick
October 3rd, 2016
These are great times for financial assets — and by implication for finance companies that make and sell them, right? Alas, no. Just the opposite. Each part of the FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) economy is imploding as “modern” ...
BDO has a new Managing Director
October 3rd, 2016
BDO has issued an announcement to inform that Paul Eagland takes over as new Managing Partner of BDO. New Managing Partner outlines top team to take the firm forward. Paul Eagland begins his four-year term as BDO’s Managing Partner ...
PwC to integrate PwC legal into its UK business
October 3rd, 2016
PwC, the professional services firm, is to integrate PwC Legal into its UK business with effect from 1 October to become a multi-disciplinary practice. This follows the approval by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) of PwC Legal as an ...
Tesco faces UK legal action over accounting scandal
October 3rd, 2016
Tesco is facing a legal action by a group of investors who claim to have lost £150m due to the supermarket’s 2014 accounting irregularities scandal. “Shareholders were misled by information inaccurately provided to the market with knowledge by management,” ...
