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Tackling mental health in law firms
December 14th, 2018
Recent news that the head of global law firm Baker McKenzie, Paul Rawlinson, is taking temporary leave due to exhaustion raises the question of whether law firms are doing enough to support the wellbeing of their employees, says Averil ...
iSignthis announces first EU merchant live on unified neobanking & payments platform
December 13th, 2018
Highlights First Merchant now live and processed via ISXPay’s own Principal member Tier 1 connections Settlement of Merchant Funds to ISXPay issued IBAN based account Funds held with zero credit risk under EU’s “Eurosystem” Central Banking system First ASX ...
Why China should remove all trade tariffs
December 10th, 2018
I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to ...
G20 and the financial war
December 6th, 2018
Introduction President Trump initiated the trade war with China. There is a widespread assumption he is pursuing his “art of the deal”, coming into negotiations aggressively to get a satisfactory compromise. Therefore, the script goes, China will be ...
Huawei global chief financial officer arrested in Canada
December 6th, 2018
Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver, where she is facing extradition to the United States, Canada’s Department of Justice said Wednesday. The arrest is related to violations of U.S. sanctions, a person familiar with the ...
Singapore Financial Regulator releases updated guide for Initial Coin Offerings
December 5th, 2018
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city state’s central bank and financial regulator, has released an update to its guide for businesses looking to raise money through initial coin offerings (ICOs). The paper, titled A Guide to Digital ...
Boom times for Ireland’s legal profession
December 4th, 2018
UK solicitors are creating their own ‘backstop’ by moving to Ireland in spirit rather than body, and the Law Society of Ireland director general says it is a booming economy that is driving the legal market. Boom times for ...
Cryptocurrencies are set to go mainstream in Malaysia
November 29th, 2018
Bank Negara Malaysia, the Central Bank of Malaysia, moves to regulate the world of digital monies in the country from next year onwards. The move is expected to instill some public confidence in the viability of these tokens, and ...
Bitcoin price crash sparks fears of ‘Massive’ spike in cybercriminal hacking
November 28th, 2018
Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced a troubled couple of weeks as the world’s leading digital asset hit its lowest value since September 2017 this month, sparking fears it could be more vulnerable to hacking from cybercriminals. BTC nosedived in mid-November, ...
German police raids the offices of multinational law firm
November 26th, 2018
For the second time in a year, prosecutors raided the Frankfurt offices of the prestigious law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The raid marked an extension of the investigation of Freshfields’ involvement in dividend stripping, Frankfurt state prosecutors confirmed to ...
