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FASB issues an Accounting Standards Update
February 29th, 2016
FASB issues new Quidance on Lease Accounting The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions. The ASU affects all companies and other organizations that lease assets such as ...
UBS investigated for tax fraud and money laundering in Belgium
February 29th, 2016
Swiss bank giant UBS is being investigated over money laundering and serious organised tax fraud in Belgium. A statement from prosecutors said: “The Swiss bank is suspected of having directly, and not via its Belgian subsidiary, approached Belgian clients ...
Baltic Exchange says in talks over sale; SGX says among suitors
February 29th, 2016
Baltic says holding discussions with several parties SGX puts in preliminary bid for Baltic Exchange Baltic is leader in freight derivatives Baltic purchase could help SGX develop new products (Updates with Baltic letter to members) The Baltic Exchange confirmed ...
OECD:All interested countries and jurisdictions to be invited to join global efforts led by the OECD and G20 to close international tax loopholes
February 25th, 2016
The OECD today agreed a new framework that would allow all interested countries and jurisdictions to join in efforts to update international tax rules for the 21st Century. The proposal for broadening participation in the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ...
Apple Goes to the Supreme Court
February 25th, 2016
The Justices should hear the e-book antitrust case. The Supreme Court may consider as early as Friday whether to take an appeal of one of the great antitrust abuses of recent decades, and the economic import is far larger ...
Potential merger of equals between Deutsche Börse AG (“Deutsche Börse”) and London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSE”)
February 25th, 2016
Deutsche Börse: Further to recent speculation, the Management Board of Deutsche Börse and the Board of LSE confirm that they are in detailed discussions about a potential merger of equals of the two businesses (the “Potential Merger”). The Potential Merger ...
New international law firm launches
February 23rd, 2016
Gowling WLG, a new international law firm created by the combination of Gowlings, a leading Canadian law firm, and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG), a leading UK-based international law firm, launched on 22 February. With more than 1,400 ...
HSBC Posts 4th-Quarter Loss and Comes Under S.E.C. Scrutiny
February 23rd, 2016
HSBC said on Monday that it lost money in the fourth quarter and warned that it was being investigated for hiring candidates with ties to government officials in the Asia-Pacific region. The lender, which is based in Britain but generates ...
FINRA Bars Broker for Market Manipulation
February 23rd, 2016
Supervisor Barred from Supervising, Suspended and Fined; Additional Broker Sanctioned The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has barred broker George Johnson from the securities industry for engaging in a manipulative trading scheme to artificially inflate the ...
Quantitative Brokers Launches Best Execution Algos for VIX Futures
February 23rd, 2016
Quantitative Brokers (“QB”), a leading provider of clearer and dealerneutral agency algorithms for fixed income and futures markets, has launched its best execution algorithmic offering on CBOE Futures Exchange (“CFE”). As an agency broker, QB will work closely with ...
