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Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
Australia, Japan sell-off amid global rout; Nikkei drops 5.4%
February 9th, 2016
Australian and Japanese markets closed sharply lower on Tuesday, after another sell-off in U.S. and European stocks overnight as many Asian markets remained shut for the Lunar New Year. China and Taiwan are closed for the week, while markets ...
EY launches fintech secondment programme for startups
February 4th, 2016
EY and Innovate Finance – the world’s largest membership association for FinTech, today announced the launch of a FinTech secondment programme. As the only Big Four member of Innovate Finance, EY will second members of staff into Innovate Finance ...
Asia stocks follow US in sharp sell-off
February 3rd, 2016
Asian stocks traded sharply lower on Wednesday, after Wall Street sold off as much as 2 percent overnight amid a plunge in oil prices. Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 3.36 percent, while the Topix fell 3.46 percent. Across the Korean ...
Asia markets take another tumble as rout persists
January 21st, 2016
Markets in Asia lost early gains and tumbled into negative territory in afternoon trade, following another selloff on Wall Street overnight on global growth concerns, uncertainty in China and fresh lows in oil prices. The Shanghai composite touched its ...
Asia stocks retrace gains; Shanghai tumbles 3.7%
January 15th, 2016
Major Asian stock markets struggled to hold onto their morning gains Friday, despite a positive finish from Wall Street overnight. In another late spate of sell-offs, the Shanghai composite down 3.97 percent and Shenzhen composite 2..85 percent lower in afternoon trade. The ASX 200 closed ...
Income up 53% at KPMG Legal
December 22nd, 2015
One of the Big Four accountancy firms offering legal services through an alternative business structure has reported a sharp rise in income from the division and pledged further heavy investment. KPMG says in its newly published annual report that ...
KPMG in hot water over HBOS collapse
December 16th, 2015
The “big four” auditing firm KPMG has found itself under renewed pressure over its role in signing off HBOS’s books in the years before the bank collapsed. The Bank of England/Financial Conduct Authority report did not specifically evaluate KPMG’s ...
PwC pushes further into legal services
December 9th, 2015
PwC has continued its aggressive push into the legal space, aided by the firm’s appointment of a former Gilbert + Tobin partner as head of projects. Tony O’Malley, PwC Australia and Asia Pacific legal services leader, told Lawyers Weekly’s sister publication AccountantsDaily that the ...
Apple Seeks to Launch Apple Pay in China by February
November 24th, 2015
Tech giant has paved way by striking deals with big four state-run banks, but regulatory hurdles may remain Apple Inc. seeks by early February to launch its new Apple Pay electronic-payment service in China—a vibrant but fiercely competitive market ...
