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Nonstandard Employment Around the World
November 21st, 2016
Standard employment refers to a situation where a worker has a full-time job, and can presume an ongoing relationship with the employer. Non-standard employment describes other kinds of jobs: daily, seasonal, short-term contract, part-time, temporary agencies,and others. Sometimes non-standard ...
Sweden could soon be the first country in the world to have its own digital currency
November 21st, 2016
Sweden’s central bank is looking into launching its own digital currency, it has revealed. If the e-krona is indeed launched, it would make the Riksbank the first major central bank in the world to have a digital currency. “The ...
The IRS is Targeting Bitcoin Transaction Records of Coinbase Users
November 18th, 2016
Transaction records of Coinbase users, specifically bitcoiners, have been targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a federal case filed in the U.S. District Court in the California Northern District Court. First revealed by ZeroHedge on a late Thursday ...
UHY Hacker Young appoints former senior manager at EY
November 18th, 2016
UHY Hacker Young has issued an announcement to inform that Max Paterson, former senior manager at EY, has joined its office as a partner in the audit department. Max has over 16 years’ experience in the accountancy profession, the last 12 ...
JPMorgan Chase Paying $264 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
November 18th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle SEC charges that it won business from clients and corruptly influenced government officials in the Asia-Pacific region ...
Is Trump’s proposal to slash the U.S. corporate tax rate down to 15% a possibility?
November 16th, 2016
Donald Trump’s proposal to slash the U.S. corporate tax rate down to 15% from 35% is within the realm of possibility, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says — but realizing some of the president-elect’s ...
ESMA Publishes Updated AIFMD Q&A
November 16th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers document (Q&A) on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The Q&A includes two new questions and answers on the cross-border marketing ...
SEC Chair Mary Jo White Announces Departure Plans
November 15th, 2016
SEC Chair Mary Jo White, after nearly four years as the agency’s head, today announced that she intends to leave at the end of the Obama Administration. Under Chair White’s leadership, the Commission strengthened protections for investors and the ...
European Commission invites European Supervisory Authorities to amend KID documents for investment products
November 14th, 2016
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the European Banking Authority (EBA), European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) – have received a letter from the European Commission setting out the amendments it ...
Law firms to combine and create a global law firm with 1,000 lawyers across US, Europe and china
November 14th, 2016
Arnold & Porter LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP today announced the two firms have agreed to combine effective January 1, 2017 to become Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. This strategic combination brings together renowned regulatory expertise, sophisticated litigation ...