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Global Legal firm and Cloud Legal services LawPath have formed a strategic alliance
April 20th, 2016
Emerging businesses can face significant difficulties accessing quality legal services when raising capital or formalising employment agreements. The capital raising phase is often the first time these businesses have sought legal advice, and the process can prove time consuming, ...
This Is How They Fool Us, China Edition
April 20th, 2016
So it seems that China’s economy, caught in the grip of a credit crisis just a few months ago, is all better. And so, by extension, is everyone else. As the Wall Street Journal explains it: ...
The ECB and shadow banking
April 19th, 2016
Markets have fully adjusted to a financial world which reflects the leadership and management of money by central banks, and are increasingly frightened of any prospect of their control failing. Every time the system stumbles, the response has been ...
DIW: Is the Greek crisis a tragedy without catharsis?
April 14th, 2016
Dedicated to the Greece crisis is the last volume of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin, entitled “The Greek crisis: a Greek tragedy?”. In an edition that is structured as a tragedy, 20 researchers – mostly ...
Numerix and PKF Portugal Partner
April 13th, 2016
Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management announced a new partnership with PKF Portugal, a leading accountant and business advisory firm. As part of the relationship PKF Banking & Capital Markets solutions will ...
Expansion of FTSE4Good with launch of FTSE4Good ASEAN 5 Index
April 13th, 2016
FTSE Russell, the global index provider, announces the launch of the FTSE4Good ASEAN 5 Index, an ESG index developed in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Exchanges. The new benchmark consists of companies listed on the ...
ACCA welcomes the new VAT Action Plan
April 11th, 2016
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) welcomes the new VAT Action Plan unveiled by the European Commission today, but warns of the potential danger of compliance costs for smaller businesses. Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA’s head of taxation says: ‘No ...
The anticipated acquisition of ICAP by Tullet Prebon is under investigation
April 11th, 2016
The CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) is investigating the anticipated acquisition by Tullett Prebon plc (Tullett) of ICAP plc’s (ICAP) voice and hybrid broking and information businesses. Phase 1 date Action 8 June 2016 Deadline for phase 1 decision ...
Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2015 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
April 8th, 2016
Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB presented the ECB’s 2015 Annual Report. Below is the presentation as it was published: Mr Chairman, Honourable Members of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to ...
SFAT affirms SFC decision to reprimand and fine Moody’s over Red Flags Report
April 6th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited (Moody’s) and fined it $11 million for various failures relating to its preparation and publication of the special comment report entitled “Red Flags for Emerging-Market ...
