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Oil Price Collapse Triggers Currency Crisis In Emerging Markets
August 24th, 2015
Emerging market currencies are getting slammed by the collapse in commodity prices, a downturn that has accelerated in recent weeks. The health of many middle-income and emerging market economies has been predicated on relatively strong commodity prices. A whole ...
Deloitte, Libra, Accenture: The work of auditors in the age of Bitcoin 2.0 technology
August 20th, 2015
Back in the late 1990s the cryptographer Nick Szabo predicted the paper-era techniques of auditing and accounting would be dramatically augmented by, and eventually integrated into, smart contracts. The last year or two has seen lots of opinion about ...
Fidessa announced the appointment of new CFO
August 18th, 2015
Fidessa group plc (“Fidessa”) announced the appointment of Andy Skelton as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 26th October 2015. Andy Skelton will replace Andy Malpass who, as announced in February 2014, will be retiring. Andy Malpass will step down as Chief ...
Accounting giant EY is buying Seren a digital design consultancy
August 18th, 2015
Business advisory firm EY yesterday announced it is buying Seren, a digital design consultancy based in Silicon Roundabout. Seren chief executive Ben Langdon will continue as boss of what will now be EY-Seren. Seren co-founders Catriona Campbell and Terry ...
Bitcoin’s Dark Side Could Get Darker
August 13th, 2015
Investors see riches in a cryptography-enabled technology called smart contracts–but it could also offer much to criminals. Some of the earliest adopters of the digital currency Bitcoin were criminals, who have found it invaluable in online marketplaces for contraband ...
The Aftermath of LIBOR and Penny-Shaving Attacks
August 12th, 2015
Anyone remember the LIBOR scandal from back in spring 2008? A trader for UBS Group and Citigroup named Tom Hayes was just sentenced by a British court to 14 years imprisonment for his role as a ringleader of the scandal. Darrell Duffie and Jeremy C. ...
Ready for Google’s Alphabet?
August 12th, 2015
In a move that shook the tech world, Google announced Monday that it will undergo restructuring so that it becomes a subsidiary of a new parent company called Alphabet, Inc. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be head of Alphabet, while ...
Investors Welcome Newly Released World Bank Green Bond Impact Report
August 12th, 2015
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The first World Bank (IBRD) Green Bond Impact Report provides an overview of the environmental and social impacts expected from eligible projects that help World Bank client countries adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. ...
The Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Produced in Countries Other Than Iran
August 12th, 2015
June – July 2015 Update The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that global oil inventories grew by an average of 2.5 million barrels per day (b/d) in June and July, sharply exceeding the 0.4 million b/d build during ...
The Saudi Oil Price War Is Backfiring
August 10th, 2015
Saudi Arabia has long enjoyed the status of being the top crude oil exporter in the world. With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces ...
