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EY legal arm plans doubling of lawyer team in UK
September 25th, 2015
The Big Four accountancy firm, previously known as Ernst & Young, plans to increase its UK legal team from 30 to 60 lawyers within a year. Looking beyond the 12-month horizon, Philip Goodstone, head of EY’s legal services, said: ...
Acca And Ima Explore Future Challenges Facing The Accounting Profession
September 16th, 2015
Signature research agenda launches with new website and SoMoClo report ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) explore the future of the accounting profession with the launch of a new multi-year signature research ...
Big Banks Agree to Settle Swaps Lawsuit
September 14th, 2015
Dozen banks, Markit and International Swaps and Derivatives Association to pay combined $1.87 billion Wall Street’s biggest banks have agreed to a tentative settlement over allegations that they conspired to rig the market for credit derivatives. Twelve banks and ...
The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist
September 10th, 2015
Accountancy Age is delighted to reveal the British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist. Now in fifth year of the awards, our shortlist contains the largest and most diverse set of entrants since we launched. Our Global Firm and National Firm of ...
Auditor body says 6 months not enough for 1MDB probe
September 7th, 2015
Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia president Datuk Shabaruddin Ibrahim says client confidentiality is top-most concern with 1MDB. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Najjua Zulkefli, September 7, 2015. Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (IIAM) president Datuk Shabaruddin Ibrahim said ...
Big Four owe public interest not to ditch audit, says KPMG chair
August 25th, 2015
The UK’s largest auditors have a public interest commitment to retain their mature audit businesses despite more lucrative growth prospects elsewhere, the chairman of KPMG has said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Simon Collins, KPMG’s UK chairman, said the ...
The Rules: Forcing companies to disclose tax strategy risks confidentiality issues
August 13th, 2015
A “legislative requirement” for large businesses to publish their tax strategy could create commercial confidentiality risks In an age where large corporates continue to engage in tax avoidance or aggressive tax planning, compelling businesses to disclose their tax strategies ...
Can auditors expand assurance to meet investors’ needs?
August 4th, 2015
A company’s audited financial statements are among the many pieces of information investors consider when they evaluate where to allocate resources. But news releases, company presentations, additional information in annual reports, and non-GAAP key performance indicators and financial metrics ...
Brokers hit the ground running on FATCA compliance
August 3rd, 2015
Training and planning have helped insurance brokers meet new tax reporting regulations for 2015, and compliance is moving into the “another part of doing business” phase. Initial reporting under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, meant to help combat ...
Can Bitcoin Change Wi-Fi For the Better?
July 29th, 2015
It’s certainly not unusual in the bitcoin and blockchain industry to see several companies coalesce around a new use case for the technology. However, what may be novel about the sudden focus on Wi-Fi is the size and ubiquity ...
