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Global law firm introduces flexible working arrangemnets for its London office
April 28th, 2017
Following a consultation period with partners and business services heads, global law firm Reed Smith has today announced a new Agile Working Policy which will take immediate effect for all personnel in the London office. “At Reed Smith, we ...
The Housing Bubble Is Back
April 27th, 2017
Last week I ran into a friend whom I’d been worrying about. He’s a real estate appraiser and his work had been drying up as interest rates rose and homeowners stopped refinancing their mortgages. But now he’s back to ...
The financial services industry is in top of cybercrime attacks
April 27th, 2017
Cyberespionage and ransomware attacks are on the increase warns the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report Cyberespionage is now the most common type of attack seen in manufacturing, the public sector and now education, warns the Verizon 2017 Data ...
Multinational law firm promotes 19 partners across its global network
April 26th, 2017
Ashurst LLP, a multinational law firm headquartered in London, has issued an announcement to inform in relation to recent promotions across its global network, with effect from 1 May 2017. The promotions are across nine offices, with 53% in Europe ...
Baltic Exchange outlines bold plans to enhance maritime leadership role
April 26th, 2017
Development of post-trade digital maritime market infrastructure Move into LNG and container indices Enhancement of regulatory role Change of data distribution policies Newly appointed Baltic Exchange Chief Executive Mark Jackson has set out the Exchange’s ambitious vision of the ...
Plus500 announced new Chairman and released Q1 Trading update
April 26th, 2017
Plus500 today announced a new Chairman of its Board of Directors and released trading update for the three months ended 31 March 2017. According the first announcement, Plus500 informs that Penelope Judd, currently a Non-Executive Director of the Company, will become ...
Half of UK accountants believe technology will replace them by 2030
April 24th, 2017
50% of accountants that work in UK practices believe that technology will render 80% of their day to day duties obsolete by 2030, according to a recent poll by Accountancy Practice Jobs. In a four-part online poll, 714 accountants ...
International law firm promotes 24 partners
April 21st, 2017
Allen & Overy today announces the promotion of 24 lawyers to partner across its global network, the largest number since 2008. Effective as of 1 May 2017, unless otherwise indicated, the promotions are across 11 offices in 10 countries ...
Organisation to set up a common accounting framework for monetary gold
April 21st, 2017
The World Gold Council is now seeking views on the draft guidance provided herein with respect to a recommended practice in accounting for gold. The views of monetary authorities, as well as those of international accounting standards boards, advisory ...
Law firm in Australia launches patented legal technology
April 21st, 2017
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has received a patent from IP Australia for a new optical character recognition (OCR) analysis technology. The technology identifies documents with low quality searchable text and will be used as part ...
