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Football Leaks: Corruption of the game
December 5th, 2016
From where did the largest dataset leak in the history of sports come? And who is the man who exposed the corruption and tax scheming – the individual who is now being hunted down by the giants of the ...
Lithuania is looking to attract FinTech companies
December 5th, 2016
Of all the cities lining up to poach London’s business post-Brexit, Vilnius might seem the most unlikely. Yet the Lithuanian capital has much to offer financial firms, from liveability and local talent to cutting-edge fintech regulation. Euromoney visits a ...
75% of accounting graduates fear jobs will be taken by robots
December 2nd, 2016
Three-quarters of graduates looking to pursue a career in accounting are concerned that automation could make their role redundant within two decades, according to research from online forum WikiJob The graduate jobs site surveyed its members who had previously ...
The African Legal Awards 2016: who won what… and why
December 2nd, 2016
There was a party atmosphere at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg as leading business lawyers gathered to celebrate the African Legal Awards. The event, staged by Legal Week in association with the Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA), took ...
The winners of British Accountancy Awards 2016
December 1st, 2016
The big winners of the British Accountancy Awards 2016 have been announced. BDO awarded as Global Firm of the Year and John Whiting awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award. Below are the winners: Individual Excellence Awards OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Winner: ...
The second country in the world to develop a National Digital Currency
December 1st, 2016
Senegal has recently become only the second country in the world to introduce a digital currency based on blockchain technology. Named eCFA, the digital currency will be legal tender just as the current currency, CFA Franc, is. Senegal’s eCFA ...
CySec publishes information for CIFs in relation to retail investors under MiFID
November 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) that ESMA published on October 11, 2016, an updated version of its questions and answers document (the ‘Q&A’) on the application ...
International law firm merges with US firm
November 30th, 2016
On 3 January 2017 international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) will be merging with leading US energy and marine firm Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown LLP, based in Houston, Texas. The merger is a major strategic development ...
Playtech’s founder Teddy Sagi is selling part of his Playtech holdings
November 30th, 2016
Playtech plc (“Playtech,” or the “Company”) announced that it has been advised that Brickington Trading Limited (“Brickington”) is proposing to sell approximately 32.3 million ordinary shares in the Company (the “Placing Shares”) via an accelerated bookbuild through UBS Limited ...
Insurance commissioner’s enforcement action against Zenefits results in multi-million dollar penalty
November 29th, 2016
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced the enforcement action taken against Zenefits for multiple license violations has resulted in a $7 million penalty. Zenefits was charged with allowing unlicensed employees to transact insurance and circumventing insurance agent education requirements. ...
