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EU Court Says Data-Transfer Pact With U.S. Violates Privacy
October 7th, 2015
Decision will affect about 4,500 companies that move, store personal data The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a trans-Atlantic pact used by thousands of companies to transfer Europeans’ personal information to the U.S., throwing into jeopardy ...
FCA introduces new rules on whistleblowing
October 7th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), alongside the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), has today published new rules in relation to whistleblowing. These changes follow recommendations in 2013 by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (PCBS) that banks put in place mechanisms to ...
US, states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill
October 6th, 2015
The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of environmental damage claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The deal, once approved by a judge, would ...
ASIC bans two persons from providing financial services
October 6th, 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued today two announcements to inform public that the Commission decided to ban two persons in different cases from providing financial services. According the first announcement, ASIC informs that, it has ...
TAX: OECD presents outputs of OECD/G20 BEPS Project for discussion at G20 meeting
October 5th, 2015
Reforms to the international tax system for curbing avoidance by multinational enterprises The OECD presented today the final package of measures for a comprehensive, coherent and co-ordinated reform of the international tax rules to be discussed by G20 Finance Ministers at ...
Deloitte wins ‘Audit Innovation of the Year’ at 2015 International Accounting Bulletin awards
October 5th, 2015
Deloitte’s commitment to leading the profession in audit quality has been recognized with International Accounting Bulletin’s prestigious “Audit Innovation of the Year” award for its demonstrated dedication to innovation and the development of leading-edge tools to transform audit service delivery. International ...
Greece to unveil painful 2016 draft budget
October 5th, 2015
Greece will unveil a painful 2016 draft budget on Monday meant to satisfy international creditors, projecting the economy will stay in recession next year before returning to growth in 2017, in line with the estimates by the country’s lenders. ...
Law Firms Spending $5 – $10 Million on Business Development
October 5th, 2015
A sampling of U.S. law firms by LAC Group, creator of Library as a Service® and a leader in library outsourcing and other services for law firms, shows that firms are investing heavily in competitive intelligence and market research. ...
VW Emissions Probe Zeroes In on Two Engineers
October 5th, 2015
Volkswagen investigation focuses on two men elevated after Winterkorn was made CEO Two top Volkswagen engineers who found they couldn’t deliver as promised a clean diesel engine for the U.S. market are at the center of a company probe into the ...
The FMA publishes first annual report under the new regulatory regime
October 2nd, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) 2015 annual report marks a turning point for the FMA and for New Zealand’s financial markets. This is the first report published under the fully implemented Financial Markets Conduct (FMC) Act and highlights activity ...
