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KPMG hiring people with experience of implementing blockchains such as Ripple
October 13th, 2015
Big Four professional services firm KPMG is hiring people with experience of working with distributed ledger offerings such as Ripple, in order to help clients select and implement the right technology. David Montes, a managing director in the Financial ...
Key areas of risk in the 2015 audit cycle
October 13th, 2015
Professional skepticism and internal control over financial reporting are two key areas for auditors that have attracted the focus of regulators in recent years. These areas are among those addressed in one of two risk alerts published Monday by ...
Talk Is Cheap for Euro as QE’s Diminishing Returns Thwart Draghi
October 13th, 2015
ECB chief reiterates willingness to ease, yet currency gains Debatable whether more stimulus can weaken euro: Investec Traders are losing their faith in Mario Draghi’s ability to weaken the euro. The European Central Bank president has reiterated at least four ...
Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67 Billion
October 12th, 2015
Dell Inc. agreed to buy EMC Corp. for about $67 billion in the largest technology acquisition ever, creating a corporate-computing giant that will use a wider product lineup to woo customers as demand slows and competition stiffens. Dell plans to pay ...
Proposed sale of Frank Russell company’s asset management business
October 12th, 2015
London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) today announces that it has agreed the proposed sale of Frank Russell Company’s asset management business (“Russell Investments”) to TA Associates for gross proceeds of US$1,150 million (£752 million1) in cash, subject to ...
What will Happen to Bitcoin when the Economy goes Bust?
October 12th, 2015
Many people interested in Bitcoin have a less than optimistic view about the health of the global economy. This skepticism — in some cases pessimism — is fueled by a controversial business cycle theory that is fairly popular in ...
Big Banks, Serious Trouble
October 12th, 2015
It turns out that the world of ZIRP/NIRP isn’t the banking paradise that some thought it would be. See Why The Big Banks Want Higher Interest Rates. Whether the problem is with low interest rates themselves or the fact ...
GC Futures Summit: The law firm of the future
October 12th, 2015
Law departments have given their view on the shape of the law firm of the future in a poll conducted for the GC Futures Summit. Law firms need to take a greater interest in their clients’ business if they ...
Online transactions made on a mobile device continue to increase their share
October 12th, 2015
Mobile Payments Index uncovers mobile share for key payment methods including Paypal, Alipay and online banking Adyen, the global payments technology company, today published the Q3 edition (July-Sept) of its quarterly Mobile Payments Index, which tracks mobile payment data ...
China and the dollar
October 9th, 2015
With the benefit of hindsight, the two-day devaluation of the yuan in mid-August might have been a masterstroke of strategy. China executed a financial move that appeared to undermine its own position but instead created trouble for the US; ...
