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General Motors (GM) accepts ‘troubling’ report on Chevrolet Cobalt recall
June 6th, 2014
General Motors (GM) has accepted the findings of a “brutally tough, deeply troubling” report into recalls of its Chevrolet Cobalt over ignition problems which have been linked to 13 deaths. GM also said it would launch a compensation fund ...
High-Speed Trading Rules Coming From SEC
June 6th, 2014
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White unveiled the regulator’s most sweeping plan yet for reining in high-frequency trading and monitoring dark pools and other secretive trading practices in the world’s largest equity market. Proprietary traders who ...
All you need to Know about CySec’s Exams 2014 – Analysis by GP GLOBAL LTD
June 3rd, 2014
All you need to Know about CySec’s Exams 2014 – Analysis by GP GLOBAL LTD When will the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) Exams 2014 take place? According to a recent press release issued by the Commission, the certification exams ...
Big Four’s China Accountancy Units Thrashing Out SEC Settlement in Auditing Dispute
June 3rd, 2014
The Chinese units at some of the world’s largest accounting firms – dubbed the Big Four – are looking to reach an out-of-court settlement with the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission in a bid to put an end to ...
Valeant’s Hostile Allergan Bid Keeps Getting More Hostile
May 29th, 2014
Here is a thing that I guess you do when you’re trying to fend off an acquisition proposal: That’s from a May 12 presentation by Allergan, which is trying to fight off Valeant’s unwanted attentions. There are two points ...
The under-fire Asian finance function where jobs face a serious new threat
May 27th, 2014
If you’re an accountant at the Big Four in Hong Kong, now is a good time to start planning how you might move to the banking sector or transfer to mainland China. China’s Ministry of Finance announced a draft ...
Barclays Manipulated Gold as Soon as It Stopped Manipulating Libor
May 26th, 2014
If you were writing a paranoid fantasy of gold price manipulation you’d be hard pressed to come up with something more on the nose than the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s order against Barclays. It has everything; it is the ...
Credit Suisse Offers Guidance to 13 Swiss Banks in U.S. Tax Probes
May 26th, 2014
Thirteen Swiss banks face rising stakes in criminal tax-evasion probes after Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) set a new standard for punishment in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion. Julius Baer Group Ltd., Zuercher Kantonalbank and the Swiss ...
SRA Board approves changes to the education and training regulations
May 22nd, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board has today (Wednesday 21 May) approved changes to the SRA training regulations. The changes form part of the SRA’s ongoing Training for Tomorrow programme of reform and Red Tape Initiative. The next step ...
Solicitors reminded of responsibilities in disrupted criminal cases
May 22nd, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has reminded solicitors in very high cost criminal cases (VHCCs) of their responsibilities following a number of calls to the Professional Ethics helpline. The SRA has received queries from solicitors who have sought to ...
