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A head start on the transition to VAT in the GCC
April 6th, 2016
PwC has held a VAT workshop in Qatar, as part of a region wide initiative to update locally based businesses on the latest developments and the implications of VAT introduction in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. The potential ...
BNP Paribas Securities Services And Smartangels Revolutionise Financing For Private Companies
April 6th, 2016
BNP Paribas Securities Services, a leading global custodian, and SmartAngels, the leading direct investment platform, have taken a major step forward in crowdfunding history by signing a strategic partnership for the use of Blockchain technology. BNP Paribas Securities Services ...
RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
Bank of Cyprus intends to pursue a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange
April 4th, 2016
Bank of Cyprus has issued an announcement to reveal its intention to pursue a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”). The Group also intends to maintain a listing on the Cyprus Stock Exchange. The Group does not intend ...
ASIC releases market integrity report
April 4th, 2016
ASIC has released its six-monthly report on market integrity focusing on the three areas of deterrence, standards and education, and behavioural change. In its new short form, Report 475 Market Integrity Report: July to December 2015 (REP 475), covers the work ...
Forex, binary options and online financial scams; AMF joined forces with other bodies to eredicate the problem
April 4th, 2016
The Autorite Des Marches Financiers (AMF) has issued a press release to inform that the AMF, the Paris public prosecutor, consumer affairs watchdog DGCCRF, and prudential authority ACPR joined forces to eradicate the problem with Forex, binary options and ...
PwC awarded a $890,000 contract
April 4th, 2016
A national system to certify the skill levels of human resource (HR) professionals is expected to be piloted from July and launched a year later. The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has awarded an $890,000 contract to consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers ...
EBS BrokerTec and ICAP Information Services launch Sterling Repo Index Rate
March 31st, 2016
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP’s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business and ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, announce today that they have launched the Sterling Repo Index Rate (£RIR). The daily index measures the ...
HM Revenue & Customs continues quest to develop digital presence by ditching IT contract that cost it £10bn
March 31st, 2016
The UK’s tax authority made another move in its mission to go fully digital today by dropping an IT contract worth £10bn. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has agreed a phased exit from a contract with IT suppliers Aspire ...
ASX still committed to blockchain after CEO’s departure
March 30th, 2016
ASX has reaffirmed its commitment to developing a Bitcoin-like settlement system that could replace its lucrative post-trade services business after the man who championed the technology, Elmer Funke Kupper, quit as chief executive this week. ASX executive chairman Rick ...
