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Sex Video Is New Twist In GSK China Bribery Scandal
June 30th, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L on Sunday confirmed the existence of an intimate video recording of its former China head, Mark Reilly, which the Sunday Times reported kicked off a bribery investigation that has damaged the drugmaker’s business in China. The Sunday ...
Offshore Tax Crackdown Opens With 30% Penalties for Banks
June 30th, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service is about to get an unprecedented look at bank accounts and investments U.S. citizens hold abroad, through a law that is making it harder to hide assets from the tax collector. Tomorrow, the U.S. government ...
Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return
June 30th, 2014
Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014, raising year-to-date global deal volumes to their highest level in seven years. Corporate ...
Central Bank of Ireland Warning on Unauthorised Investment Firms
June 27th, 2014
The Central Bank of Ireland today (27 June 2014) published the names of two unauthorised investment firms, Connor Simmons Group (USA) and Stealth Takeovers (USA). Connor Simmons Group (USA) and Stealth Takeovers (USA) are not authorised as investment firms ...
Former investment manager jailed
June 27th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published the following announcement after a series of investigations: A former investment manager with links to the failed firm Trio Capital (Trio), was today sentenced to 25 months jail for making ...
Pimco runs risks in turning up the ‘vol’
June 27th, 2014
It was a tantalising introduction. Bill Gross, Pimco’s “Bond King” and founder of the world’s largest fixed income fund, promised to impart the secrets of his extraordinary success to an audience of financial advisers in Chicago. “I’ll be handing ...
FCA warning against clone firms
June 27th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that: Rimas Risk Management Service (55 Old Broad Street, London, EC2M1RX, Email: rimasuk@europe.com) Knightsbridge Management International Asset Management (www.kmi-am.com, Email: admin@kmi-am.com) are clone firms, ...
Rethinking the Sino-American Relationship
June 27th, 2014
In early July, senior US and Chinese officials will gather in Beijing for the sixth Strategic and Economic Dialogue. With bilateral frictions mounting on a number of fronts – including cyber security, territorial disputes in the East and South ...
Shelbourne Markets purchased by ETX Capital
June 27th, 2014
ETX Capital, a London-based financial spread-betting and contracts-for-difference provider, has acquired Shelbourne Markets, Ireland’s largest financial spread-betting firm for an undisclosed sum. Shelbourne, which has 10,000-11,000 clients in Ireland, has been on the market for some months with four ...
New tax reliefs complicate the system and offer more opportunities for tax avoidance’ MPs warn
June 27th, 2014
A committee of MPs has accused the Government of creating more opportunities for tax avoidance by introducing new tax reliefs which cost the country £100billion a year. The Government’s Office of Tax Simplification has introduced 134 new tax reliefs ...
