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Reserve Bank Bulletin Released
March 31st, 2014
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has released the March 2014 edition of the Reserve Bank Bulletin. The Bulletin’s first article provides an introduction to the Reserve Bank’s loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions framework. The Bank imposed an LVR ‘speed ...
US stock market is rigged by high-speed traders
March 31st, 2014
The US stock market is rigged in favour of high-speed electronic trading firms, which use their advantages to extract billions from investors, according to the acclaimed author Michael Lewis. In his new book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, ...
Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with high treason
March 31st, 2014
A court in Pakistan has charged former military ruler Pervez Musharraf with treason, the first army chief to face such a prosecution. Mr Musharraf is accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and instituting emergency rule in 2007. He pleaded ...
Obligations arising under the Auditors and Statutory Audits
March 28th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority would like to inform that the obligations arising under the Auditors and Statutory Audits of Annual and Consolidated Accounts Law of 2009, Law.42(I)/2009 (the ‘Law’), as amended, for ...
ASIC: Former finance broker pleads guilty to fraud
March 28th, 2014
ASIC has issued an announcement informing the investors the following: A former finance broker has admitted to stealing the identities of former clients so she could buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the ...
ASIC bans bankrupt financial adviser
March 28th, 2014
ASIC has banned Victorian-based financial adviser, Mr Allan Burt Vissenjoux, from providing financial services. Mr Vissenjoux, who is an undischarged bankrupt, has been banned from providing financial services until 29 May 2016. The ban expires when Mr Vissenjoux’s bankruptcy ...
Google keeps throwing googlies over its market dominance
March 28th, 2014
If Google is found to be again gaming the system with its latest package of reforms, EU sanctions must be brought In June last year, in an article for Comment is free, I drew attention to Google’s efforts to ...
UK’s banks pay 71% of profits in tax
March 28th, 2014
THE UK’S LARGEST BANKS paid an effective tax rate of 71.3% of their profits to HM Revenue & Customs in 2013, according to research conducted by KPMG. KPMG’s study examined several key metrics in the published results of the ...
European Stocks Climb Before Euro-Area Confidence Report
March 28th, 2014
European stocks advanced, paring their monthly loss, as investors awaited data that may show euro-area economic confidence rose in March. U.S. index futures and Asian shares also climbed. Intesa Sanpaolo SpA gained 1.9 percent as it forecast dividend payouts ...
Deloitte’s Balfour Beatty audit tenure to be tested
March 27th, 2014
DELOITTE’S tenure as auditor of Balfour Beatty is under risk, as the FTSE 250 builder will begin a tender process next year. In the builder’s annual report, released today, it has outlined its decision to begin the audit tender ...
