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Mazars to acquire financial modelling consultancy and training provider
July 14th, 2016
Realises the ambition to be the world leader in financial modelling, model audit and related training services for the infrastructure finance sector. Creates an integrated team of over 120 professionals, servicing clients around the world, from regional hubs in ...
TheCityUK announces new Chief Executive
July 14th, 2016
TheCityUK is delighted to announce the appointment of Miles Celic as its new Chief Executive. Miles will succeed Chris Cummings later this year – a date will be confirmed shortly. Miles joins the organisation at a critical juncture for ...
What Brexit means for accountants
July 13th, 2016
Shortly after the UK voted for Brexit on 23 June, sterling hit a thirty year low against the dollar and the UK has had its credit rating downgraded by two different agencies. It is currently unclear whether these repercussions ...
IRS takes Facebook to court
July 12th, 2016
Feds are demanding corporate records of its offshore assets. Signaling a shift in enforcement tactics against big companies that make money from intellectual property, federal tax officials have sought a court order demanding internal corporate records related to one ...
Risk On/Risk Off: What Schizophrenic Markets Are Telling Us
July 11th, 2016
These trends cannot be reversed with yet another rate cut or another “whatever it takes” announcement. In the conventional investment perspective, risk-on assets (i.e. investments with higher risks and higher potential returns) such as stocks are on a see-saw ...
France Opens Register Of Trusts
July 11th, 2016
On July 5, French Minister of Finance Michel Sapin and Budget Secretary Christian Eckert announced the launch of France’s public registry of trusts, a measure intended to increase transparency and curb tax avoidance. France’s register of trusts provides access ...
Evaluating the EU’s New Definition for Virtual Currencies
July 11th, 2016
The European Commission this week adopted a legislative proposal meant to bring virtual currency exchanges and custodian wallet providers under the scope of the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive. This step should have been expected, as it has been clear that ...
Robots Are Taking Divorce Lawyers’ Jobs, Too
July 7th, 2016
Online tools that are cheaper than lawyers improve access to justice. Buyers and sellers on EBay use the site’s automated dispute-resolution tool to settle 60 million claims every year. Now, some countries are deploying similar technology to let people ...
Investment adviser to plead guilty to running a $21 million Ponzi scheme
July 7th, 2016
A Rhode Island investment adviser has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for orchestrating a $21 million Ponzi scheme, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Aside from that scheme, Patrick E. Churchville, 47, also used ...
KPMG first firm to appoint head of Brexit to executive leadership team
July 7th, 2016
KPMG appoints Karen Briggs ‘Head of Brexit’ to executive leadership team. Following the outcome of the UK’s recent referendum on EU membership, KPMG in the UK has appointed Karen Briggs, one of its most senior partners, to the newly ...
