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Fraud involving VAT on goods costs EU tax payers an estimated €50 billion a year
November 25th, 2016
VAT reform: how MEPs intend to tackle the €50 billion a year fraud Fraud involving VAT on goods exported to other member states costs EU tax payers an estimated €50 billion a year. The European Commission has come up ...
Bank of Japan published Overview of the Tokyo Money Market Survey
November 25th, 2016
Introduction The Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Japan (the Bank) has conducted the Tokyo Money Market Survey since 2008 to understand developments in the Japanese money market. Initially, this series of surveys was conducted every other year. ...
PwC comments on EU’s proposed changes to finalise Basel III and start implementing Basel IV
November 25th, 2016
Earlier this week , the European Commission published its first proposals for revised rules to calibrate capital and liquidity requirements – in the form of a Directive and a Regulation (“CRD V”& “CRR II”), as well as amendments to ...
Next new trading participant at SIX Swiss Exchange
November 25th, 2016
Following the legal restructuring at Credit Suisse, SIX welcomes Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. as a new participant. The new Swiss legal entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG and covers its Swiss business. With the admission of ...
Japanese insurer to offer coverage for both exchanges and their customers
November 25th, 2016
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance will launch an insurance product specifically designed to cover losses and damages at bitcoin exchanges. The product, developed with Japanese bitcoin exchange operator bitFlyer, will protect both exchanges and their customers. The total coverage, ranging from ...
Oil prices fall on renewed doubts on OPEC-led production cut
November 23rd, 2016
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains, as doubts re-emerged over whether OPEC would agree to a crude oil production cut at a ministerial meeting next week. A strong dollar, which traded near the 13 ...
Goldman Sachs Drops Out of R3 Blockchain Group
November 22nd, 2016
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has dropped out of the R3 CEV LLC blockchain group. The investment bank was one of nine original members of R3, founded in 2014 to explore the use of the distributed database technology in Wall Street infrastructure. ...
Credit Suisse Faces Tax Probe Over Undeclared Accounts
November 22nd, 2016
U.S. asks why bank didn’t reveal ‘toxic’ assets, people say Bank paid record fine in 2014 for helping Americans skirt IRS When Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty in 2014 to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, it promised to help the ...
Donald Trump settles fraud lawsuits for $25m
November 21st, 2016
Donald Trump settles fraud lawsuits relating to Trump University for $25m President-elect’s lawyers settled three lawsuits, averting a courtroom showdown which threatened to reveal troubling details about the real estate course Donald Trump has settled fraud lawsuits relating to ...
Nonstandard Employment Around the World
November 21st, 2016
Standard employment refers to a situation where a worker has a full-time job, and can presume an ongoing relationship with the employer. Non-standard employment describes other kinds of jobs: daily, seasonal, short-term contract, part-time, temporary agencies,and others. Sometimes non-standard ...
