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The upcoming increase in interest rates
October 6th, 2017
Last week, both Janet Yellen of the Fed and Mark Carney of the Bank of England prepared financial markets for interest rate increases. The working assumption should be that this was coordinated, and that both the ECB and ...
FBI arrests Israeli binary options CEO
September 27th, 2017
The CEO of an Israeli binary options company accused of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars was doubtless surprised to find herself surrounded by FBI agents shortly after arriving in the United States last week. Binary options is ...
Accountancy giant Deloitte hit by cyber attack
September 26th, 2017
One of the world’s biggest accountancy firms had been targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack that has compromised the confidential emails of some of its blue-chip clients. Deloitte is one of the ‘big four’ global accountancy firms and one ...
Majority of accounting firm bosses rated ‘good’ or ‘excellent’
September 4th, 2017
A survey of UK bosses found that 61% of those working in professional services including accounting and law firms are positive about their bosses although one in 10 (9%) were slated as ‘poor’ managers, showing that bad management habits ...
Patents shoot up for new legal services technology
August 17th, 2017
Law firms and legal services technology companies are behind the growth of patents in the legal marketplace with the US leading the way. According to Thomson Reuters, 579 patents relating to new legal services technology were filed worldwide in ...
Why free trade and open markets in financial services matter; Andrew Bailey, FCA Chief Executive
July 11th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has released a speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at Reuters Newsmaker event. According the release: Note: this ...
Sullivan & Cromwell to open Brussels office with antitrust hire
May 22nd, 2017
Sullivan & Cromwell, the US corporate law firm, has poached a senior European competition lawyer to open its first new office in nearly two decades based in Brussels. Michael Rosenthal is joining S & C as partner to work ...
EBA consults on its guidance for the use of cloud computing
May 19th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation setting out its guidance for the use of cloud service providers by financial institutions. The EBA Recommendations intend to clarify the EU-wide supervisory expectations if institutions intend to adopt cloud ...
PwC lose audit to KPMG of a multinational consumer goods company
May 8th, 2017
Reckitt Benckiser ends 20-year PwC audit contract FTSE 100 consumer health giant Reckitt Benckiser Group has announced plans to change auditor with the announcement that KPMG will replace PwC from 2018 Big Four rival KPMG will become auditor for ...
Clyde & Co faces £50,000 fine after SDT ruling
April 4th, 2017
International firm Clyde & Co has been fined £50,000 and three of its partners fined £10,000 following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruling that they breached money laundering and accountancy rules. The decision, published yesterday by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, ...
