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4 Key Issues Confronting Internal Auditors
July 30th, 2015
Most internal auditors lack adequate flexibility to meet business challenges and unexpected risks, according to a recently released report by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The IIA polled more than 14,500 internal auditors in 166 countries for the report, 2015 Global Pulse ...
Can Bitcoin Change Wi-Fi For the Better?
July 29th, 2015
It’s certainly not unusual in the bitcoin and blockchain industry to see several companies coalesce around a new use case for the technology. However, what may be novel about the sudden focus on Wi-Fi is the size and ubiquity ...
Blockchain-based SETL plans to revolutionise payment and settlement
July 29th, 2015
A new venture plans to create a multi-asset, multi-currency institutional payment and settlements infrastructure based on blockchain technology. Called SETL, the venture is backed by Peter Randall, former chief executive at Chi-X, the multilateral trading facility that is now ...
China: Major Devaluation Coming
July 28th, 2015
The whole “market economy” thing is turning out to be a little trickier than China’s dictators expected. To set up the story: After the 2008 crash the country borrowed about $15 trillion (an amount that dwarfs the US Fed’s ...
8 Banking Giants Embracing Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
July 28th, 2015
In its relative short history, bitcoin – and its underlying technology the blockchain – have captivated thinkers around the world, but not everyone was quick to see the potential. Due in part to its initial billing as a threat ...
Lessons From Toshiba: When Corporate Scandals Implicate Internal Audit
July 28th, 2015
Last week’s high-profile resignations of CEO Hisao Tanaka and eight other Toshiba Corp. executives amid revelations of systemic and prolonged financial misstatements raise questions anew about Japan’s corporate governance culture. The venerable conglomerate, which makes everything from consumer electronics ...
The alpha and beta of smart investing in troubled times
July 28th, 2015
With better returns than passive funds at a lower cost than actively managed funds, smart beta vehicles are increasingly available and becoming more popular Even in normal times, individual and institutional investors alike have a hard time figuring out ...
Robo-advisors to invade UK wealth management space
July 27th, 2015
According to a new report released by Deloitte, wealth management in the UK is being disrupted by robo-advisors as they attempt to remove assets from businesses in the form of client information and algorithms, so that portfolios can be ...
Huawei establishes an open platform ecosystem for finance industry with eleven world’s leading banking IT solution providers
July 27th, 2015
Huawei recently announced that it will partner with eleven of the world’s leading banking IT solution providers to establish an open platform ecosystem for the finance industry at Huawei’s Global Financial Services Industry (FSI) Summit 2015 in Beijing, China. ...
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law
July 27th, 2015
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law? At a roundtable held under the Chatham House Rule, Jonathan Rayner heard City lawyers consider the potential fallout. Greek riot police silhouetted against ...
