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Euro Slips With U.S. Futures on Greece as Treasuries Gain
January 26th, 2015
The euro slipped with U.S. equity-index futures, while Treasuries rallied as Greek voters handed victory to a party that’s pledged to renegotiate the terms of an international bailout. Asian stocks dropped with crude oil and industrial metals. The 19-nation ...
The second stage in the washing cycle – Layering (Video)
January 26th, 2015
Layering Layering is the process of separating the proceeds of criminal activity from their origin through the use of many different techniques to layer the funds. These include using multiple banks and accounts, having professionals act as intermediaries and ...
Accounting firms: Small practitioners pick apart KPMG’s SME move
January 22nd, 2015
A torrent of defiance and disbelief has been unleashed by accountancy practices across the UK after KPMG‘s recent vow to disrupt and dominate the SME market by telling small businesses “you can pay us the same as your current accountant, ...
New acquisition in technology solutions for capital markets
January 21st, 2015
With a press release, Ipero announced the acquisition of ClearMomentum Ipreo, a global leader of data, market intelligence and productivity solutions to financial services and corporate professionals, today announced its acquisition of ClearMomentum, provider of portfolio monitoring applications to ...
City hedge fund manager convicted of multi-million pound fraud
January 20th, 2015
Serious Fraud Office, an independent government department in UK that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption, released on a press statement that: A former city hedge fund manager was convicted following the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation ...
World Economic Outlook (WEO) UPDATE
January 20th, 2015
Cross Currents Global growth will receive a boost from lower oil prices, which reflect to an important extent higher supply. But this boost is projected to be more than offset by negative factors, including investment weakness as adjustment ...
Swissquote builds provisions following the decision of the SNB
January 16th, 2015
The surprising decision from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the 1.20 floor on the EUR/CHF has consequences on Swissquote Bank. Many clients were following the confirmed longstanding strategy from the SNB and were anticipating a weakening of the Swiss Franc against the ...
OPEC vs. U.S.: Who will blink first on oil?
January 14th, 2015
The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers this definition for the word capitulate: “to stop fighting an enemy or opponent; to admit that an enemy or opponent has won.” I’m not sure who oil companies are fighting, whether it’s oil traders, OPEC, ...
Fraudsters exploit aura of authority
January 14th, 2015
Fraud cases in UK The volume of fraud cases going through British courts has climbed in the past 12 months, according to an audit firm’s latest Fraud Barometer. According to KPMG, fraudsters increasingly are hiding behind cloaks of respectability ...
Oil prices extend slide in commodities sell-off
January 14th, 2015
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after touching their lowest in nearly six years the previous session, extending losses alongside a sell-off in other commodities. Commodities came under pressure after the World Bank cut its forecasts for global ...
