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Freshfields further strengthens its Japan dispute resolution and employment practice with two new partner appointments
May 5th, 2015
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is pleased to announce the promotion of Akiko Yamakawa and Nicholas Lingard to partners of the firm, effective 1 May 2015. Akiko has been a member of Freshfields’ Tokyo office since 2000 and is well-known in ...
Deloitte appoints Ruth Markland as Independent Non-Executive
April 28th, 2015
Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has announced the appointment of Ruth Markland as an Independent Non-Executive. Ruth is the Senior Independent Director of Standard Chartered PLC and The Sage Group Plc, as well as a member of the Supervisory ...
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
April 28th, 2015
Weak renewable energy goals for 2030 originated with Shell pitch for gas as a key technology for Europe to cut its carbon emissions in an affordable way Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a ...
Nomura Misses Goal of Returning to Profit Abroad
April 28th, 2015
Nomura Holdings Inc. missed its goal of returning to profit outside Japan last fiscal year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The pretax loss in Europe, the Americas and Asia for the year ended March was due to ...
Fed Is Expected to Shift on Municipal Bonds
April 17th, 2015
In a change of heart, the Federal Reserve will allow big U.S. banks to use some municipal bonds to meet new rules aimed at ensuring they have enough cash during a financial-market meltdown, according to people familiar with the ...
Ernst & Young settles with N.Y. for $10 million over Lehman auditing
April 16th, 2015
Ernst & Young LLP will pay $10 million to settle a New York lawsuit accusing the accounting firm of helping Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc deceive investors in the years leading up to its 2008 collapse, the New York attorney ...
Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras Heads to Moscow as Bailout Talks Drag On
April 6th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be walking a fine line in Moscow this week, aiming to demonstrate an independent streak to voters at home without irritating the European Union as he negotiates for urgently needed funding. Greek officials and ...
FCA wins appeal case against unregulated investment schemes
March 25th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has received the judgment from The Court of Appeal hearing for Capital Alternatives and others which took place on 27 and 28 January 2015. The Court of Appeal has ruled that all four schemes ...
FCA publishes its Business Plan for 2015/16 and announces details of new supervision and authorisation divisions
March 24th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the key areas of work it will undertake in the forthcoming financial year with the publication of its Business Plan for 2015/16. It also confirmed the creation of two new Divisions that would ...
China’s Consumption Transition
March 20th, 2015
A standard pattern of long-term economic development is that a country goes through a period of higher savings and investment, along with correspondingly lower consumption levels. After the growth spurt, consumption levels rise again. For illustration, here’s a figure ...
