Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year 2014
March 2nd, 2015
Dentons was awarded the Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year by EMEA Finance, whose Middle East Banking Awards winners for 2014 were announced recently. This is the fifth occasion on which Dentons has won this prestigious industry ...
Bank of England turns up the heat on accounting firms
March 2nd, 2015
The Bank of England would have the power to fine or ban accounting firms from working in financial services under proposals setting out how the UK central bank’s regulation arm will monitor the accounting industry. The proposals from the ...
European Banks’ Reciprocity Draws Scrutiny
March 2nd, 2015
When Deutsche Bank AG hired 25 banks last summer to help it raise about $9 billion of new capital, it made some unusual selections. In addition to a handful of Wall Street stalwarts, three Italian banks made the cut. ...
China Said to Tax Past Capital Gains by International Funds
February 27th, 2015
China plans to collect capital gains taxes from foreign money managers that invested in mainland markets during the five years through November 2014, a move that may compel funds to claw back more than $1 billion from investors to ...
KPMG names William O’Mara global head of audit
February 26th, 2015
Audit, tax and accounting firm KPMG appointed William O’Mara as global head of audit, effective March 1. He succeeds Larry Bradley who led the practice since 2013, the company said. O’Mara is a senior audit partner and has served ...
UK law firms reach six-year records on growth
February 26th, 2015
UK law firms are having a good year, according to research from TheCityUK. Turnover was up by 8.4 per cent in the year, 2013/14, covered by data from TheCityUK – and the group predicts that 2014/15 revenue will show ...
Hogan Lovells Ranked as Leading Firm by Global Arbitration Review for Sixth Consecutive Year
February 26th, 2015
Hogan Lovells‘ global international arbitration group has been ranked fourth place in Global Arbitration Review’s (GAR) annual listing of the world’s most active international arbitration practices for the second year running. This is the sixth consecutive year that Hogan ...
Events – Conferences – Seminars
February 26th, 2015
Stay updated with coming Live Events, Conferences and Seminars for Forex Market, Accounting, Legal Banking and in general on Business, Finance and Investments
HSBC bosses Stuart Gulliver and Douglas Flint apologise to MPs over Swiss private banking scandal
February 26th, 2015
Stuart Gulliver, HSBC‘s chief executive and Douglas Flint, the embattled bank’s chairman, have apologised for “unacceptable” practices at its Swiss private banking arm. During questioning by the Treasury Select Committee, Gulliver admitted the scandal had caused “damage to trust” in HSBC, ...
Accountants could face tax evasion charges
February 25th, 2015
The chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has called for organisations including accountants, to be prosecuted if they facilitate tax evasion by their clients. The Lib-Dem minister wants to push through new legislation before the general election on 7 ...
