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PwC UK achieves strong growth: 2015 financial highlights
September 14th, 2015
Firm launches innovative digital annual report PwC, the professional services firm, has today (14 September) reported revenue growth of 10 percent to £3,083 million for the year ended 30 June 2015, up from £2,814 million the previous year. Profits ...
BNY Mellon Expands Global Payments Infrastructure by Adding Foreign Exchange Payments
September 10th, 2015
New functionality will significantly increase straight-through processing rates for clients BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has passed an important milestone in the continuing development of its global payments infrastructure with the launch of ...
SEC Charges BDO and Five Partners in Connection With False and Misleading Audit Opinions
September 10th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged national audit firm BDO USA with dismissing red flags and issuing false and misleading unqualified audit opinions about the financial statements of staffing services company General Employment Enterprises. The SEC also charged ...
Greece: Capital controls relaxed for corporations
September 10th, 2015
The Greek Finance Ministry eased capital controls on corporate transactions on Wednesday by doubling from 7 to 14 million euros the daily limit each of the country’s four systemic banks is allowed to approve in response to demands by ...
Saudi stock index up, shuns oil prices
September 10th, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s stock benchmark Tadawul All Share Index jumped 2.3 percent to 7,749 points and most stocks in Riyadh were positive. National Commercial Bank, the kingdom’s top lender, was one of the main supports, jumping 3.2 percent. Another large ...
Oil prices fall as Asia’s leading economies slow further
September 10th, 2015
Oil prices fell on Thursday as weak Japanese and Chinese economic data fueled concerns that low levels of investment could further erode already slowing global growth. Japan’s core machinery orders fell 3.6 percent in July, official data showed, much ...
DIFC reports impressive growth in first half of 2015
September 9th, 2015
Total number of registered companies up 8.3% to 1,327 140 new licensed companies and a combined workforce of 18,521 178,376 sq. ft. of net commercial office space leased in 2015 Ground-breaking of 11th office building in The Gate District ...
World’s largest law firms to be ‘lawyerless’ within five years
September 9th, 2015
Uber and Facebook cited as examples of what a future legal practice might look like Within the next five years the world’s largest law firms will not employ its own lawyers, is a bold prediction by the UK’s leading ...
Snapshots of Foreign Direct Investment Flows
September 9th, 2015
The canonical source for data on flows of foreign direct investment are the reports from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, more commonly known as UNCTAD. It’s World Investment Report 2015 provides a discussion of trends up through last ...
SEC Charges Three RMBS Traders With Defrauding Investors
September 9th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against three traders accused of repeatedly lying to customers relying on them for honest and accurate pricing information about residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The SEC alleges that Ross Shapiro, Michael ...