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European Banks to Sell a Record $154 Billion of Loans, PwC Says
August 20th, 2015
European banks are set to divest a record 139 billion euros ($154 billion) of loans this year, led by the U.K., as the industry accelerates asset sales to meet new rules, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Banks have offloaded 54.5 ...
Brokers hit the ground running on FATCA compliance
August 3rd, 2015
Training and planning have helped insurance brokers meet new tax reporting regulations for 2015, and compliance is moving into the “another part of doing business” phase. Initial reporting under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, meant to help combat ...
Noble Group Sets Review Panel to Check Accounting; PwC Hired
July 7th, 2015
Noble Group Ltd. appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to review how it values some of its assets after criticism of the Asian trading company’s accounting practices. PwC will “conduct an assurance review of Noble’s mark-to-market models, valuations, and governance framework,” Noble ...
Barclays announces its intention to appoint KPMG as its auditor
July 6th, 2015
Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) announces its intention to appoint KPMG as its auditor for the year ending 31 December 2017. This follows a competitive tender process overseen by an Audit Tender Oversight Sub-committee of the Barclays’ ...
Barclays Selects JPMorgan to Replace Credit Suisse as Broker
June 25th, 2015
Barclays Plc picked JPMorgan Chase & Co. to replace Credit Suisse Group AG as a corporate broker amid a review of the bank’s performance by new Chairman John McFarlane. Deutsche Bank AG retained its advisory role. JPMorgan was chosen ...
PwC appoints Global Financial Crime Leader
June 2nd, 2015
PwC announced today that David Grace has been appointed as Global Financial Crime Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited. David, a Senior Partner and member of PwC’s Global Financial Services Leadership and Executive Teams, will lead a global network of ...
Tesco Ends 32-Year PwC Relationship After Accounting Scandal
May 11th, 2015
Tesco Plc ended a 32-year relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP by hiring Deloitte LLP as its new auditor, seeking to draw a line under a 263 million-pound ($406 million) accounting scandal. The U.K.’s largest supermarket company selected Deloitte following a ...
Global Bitcoin Exchange itBit Today Starts Accepting U.S. Customers Nationwide Through New York State Trust Company Charter
May 8th, 2015
itBit also announces $25M Series A funding and the addition of three prominent board members Global bitcoin exchange itBit today announced it is available to all U.S. retail and institutional bitcoin traders and will begin accepting U.S. customers immediately. Through a trust company ...
PwC scraps UCAS points as entry criteria for graduate jobs
May 5th, 2015
PwC, one of the UK’s largest graduate employers, is to scrap the UCAS tariff as an entry criteria for its graduate scheme. It’s a move that could drive radical changes in the social mobility and diversity of the professional ...
IBM hire advisers to deal with restless investors – sources
April 3rd, 2015
Some top shareholders of IBM, disappointed by 11 straight quarters of falling revenues, are seeking help from activist investors to shake up the company, but have been turned down by both Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square and Jeffrey Ubben’s ValueAct, ...
