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Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with high treason
March 31st, 2014
A court in Pakistan has charged former military ruler Pervez Musharraf with treason, the first army chief to face such a prosecution. Mr Musharraf is accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and instituting emergency rule in 2007. He pleaded ...
Obligations arising under the Auditors and Statutory Audits
March 28th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority would like to inform that the obligations arising under the Auditors and Statutory Audits of Annual and Consolidated Accounts Law of 2009, Law.42(I)/2009 (the ‘Law’), as amended, for ...
ASIC: Former finance broker pleads guilty to fraud
March 28th, 2014
ASIC has issued an announcement informing the investors the following: A former finance broker has admitted to stealing the identities of former clients so she could buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the ...
ASIC bans bankrupt financial adviser
March 28th, 2014
ASIC has banned Victorian-based financial adviser, Mr Allan Burt Vissenjoux, from providing financial services. Mr Vissenjoux, who is an undischarged bankrupt, has been banned from providing financial services until 29 May 2016. The ban expires when Mr Vissenjoux’s bankruptcy ...
ASIC bans former WA accountant
March 28th, 2014
ASIC has permanently banned former accountant, Mr Arden Rodrick Wittensleger, 44, of Menora in Western Australia, from providing financial services and engaging in credit activity. ASIC took action after Mr Wittensleger was found guilty of submitting fraudulent loan applications ...
Google keeps throwing googlies over its market dominance
March 28th, 2014
If Google is found to be again gaming the system with its latest package of reforms, EU sanctions must be brought In June last year, in an article for Comment is free, I drew attention to Google’s efforts to ...
FCA warning for clone company
March 28th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a Warning informing the investors that “RBC Wealth Management/ Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management” is a clone company. FCA highlights that the following Genuine Firms that fraudsters ...
UK’s banks pay 71% of profits in tax
March 28th, 2014
THE UK’S LARGEST BANKS paid an effective tax rate of 71.3% of their profits to HM Revenue & Customs in 2013, according to research conducted by KPMG. KPMG’s study examined several key metrics in the published results of the ...
Fixing Finance: Work in Process
March 28th, 2014
Despite the enormous costs that have been wrung out of finance department operations, CFOs have plenty of reasons to push for more process improvement. The cost of finance at the typical large company has plummeted. According to the American ...
European Stocks Climb Before Euro-Area Confidence Report
March 28th, 2014
European stocks advanced, paring their monthly loss, as investors awaited data that may show euro-area economic confidence rose in March. U.S. index futures and Asian shares also climbed. Intesa Sanpaolo SpA gained 1.9 percent as it forecast dividend payouts ...
