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Petrobras Investors Claim PwC Ignored Red Flags of Fraud
March 31st, 2015
Investors in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-run oil company at the center of a kickback scandal in Brazil, expanded their lawsuit against the company by adding claims that auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP turned a “blind eye” to the fraud and ...
HSBC switches auditors to PwC after decade with rivals KPMG
March 19th, 2015
HSBC yesterday announced plans to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its auditor, replacing KPMG which had held the position since 1991. Europe’s biggest bank said the appointment would be put to shareholders at its 2015 annual general meeting on 24 April, ...
China Said to Tax Past Capital Gains by International Funds
February 27th, 2015
China plans to collect capital gains taxes from foreign money managers that invested in mainland markets during the five years through November 2014, a move that may compel funds to claw back more than $1 billion from investors to ...
SEC Imposes Sanctions Against China-Based Members of Big Four Accounting Networks for Refusing to Produce Documents
February 9th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today imposed sanctions against four China-based accounting firms that had refused to turn over documents related to investigations of potential fraud. The China-based firms are members of large international networks associated with the “Big ...
Second French suspect charged over Luxleaks tax probe
January 26th, 2015
A second French suspect was charged Friday with theft and money-laundering in ongoing investigations into the leaking of secret tax avoidance deals between Luxembourg and multinational companies, a scandal dubbed Luxleaks. The identity of the new suspect was not ...
PwC launches 18th Global CEO Survey results in Davos, Switzerland (Video)
January 21st, 2015
Dennis Nally, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International, presented some of the key findings of PwC’s annual survey of business leaders from around the world at a press briefing in Davos, Switzerland. Fewer CEOs than last year think global economic growth ...
US city files suit against Brazil’s Petrobras for securities fraud
December 30th, 2014
The City of Providence, Rhode Island filed a class action suit against Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges Petrobras engaged in a fraudulent ...
Global crude oil prices slump further as traders bet on sell-off
December 19th, 2014
Global crude oil prices slumped further on Thursday, as traders placed fresh bets that the market would resume a six-month sell-off on worries about a supply glut. Benchmark Brent and US crude tumbled $2 a barrel each in late ...
ASIC investigation leads to Interactive Brokers refunding $1.5 million to Australian customers
December 16th, 2014
Following an investigation by ASIC, Interactive Brokers LLC (IB), a US-based online brokerage firm, will refund approximately $1.5 million in fees and commission payments to its retail margin lending customers. The refunds will be made as part of an ...
Disney and Skype ‘used Luxembourg tax deals’
December 12th, 2014
Companies including Disney and Skype have allegedly used Luxembourg tax deals, according to fresh leaks published by investigative journalists. The group of firms funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits through Luxembourg subsidiaries, according to leaked documents. Disney ...
