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First Derivatives and Thomson Reuters formed a Strategic Partnership for Streaming Analytics
April 27th, 2016
FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces a strategic partnership for the use of its Kx technology with Thomson Reuters to power the latest version of their financial Data as a Service platform, Velocity Analytics. The agreement follows a comprehensive ...
PwC Vatican audit suspended
April 25th, 2016
THE MUCH VAUNTED first external audit into the Vatican’s opaque finances has been halted. A Vatican spokesman said the audit by PwC had been suspended. Vatican watchers point to widening tensions between the Church’s reforming wing – championed by the Pope Francis-appointed ...
NYSE Amex Options launches Binary Return Derivatives (BYRDS), an innovative new optins product
April 20th, 2016
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), part of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), today announced the NYSE Amex Options platform of the NYSE MKT exchange will commence trading of Binary Return Derivatives (ByRDsSM) on April 21. ByRDs are a new ...
Greece To Hike VAT To 24 Percent
April 20th, 2016
Greece has agreed to raise its value-added tax rate to 24 percent from July 1, 2016. The hike will push Greece’s headline rate closer to the highest value-added tax rate in the European Union, that of Hungary’s, at 25 ...
Tradovate Launches as First Futures Brokerage with Commission-Free Membership Pricing
April 19th, 2016
Tradovate, LLC, a new online brokerage firm for active, self-directed futures traders, announced today that the firm is now launched and accepting business. Tradovate is the first futures brokerage firm to offer flat-rate membership fees, dispensing with the industry-standard ...
Accenture and Leading Financial Institutions Call for Applicants for the Asia-Pacific FinTech Innovation Lab 2016
April 18th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific accelerator program, now in its third year, mentors financial technology entrepreneurs to help accelerate product and business development Applications open today for Asia-Pacific’s third annual FinTech Innovation Lab, Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) 12-week program that helps early- and ...
ACCA welcomes the new VAT Action Plan
April 11th, 2016
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) welcomes the new VAT Action Plan unveiled by the European Commission today, but warns of the potential danger of compliance costs for smaller businesses. Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA’s head of taxation says: ‘No ...
LCH.Clearnet licenced to clear interest rate derivatives in Japan
April 11th, 2016
Japanese Financial Services Agency approves LCH.Clearnet Ltd to clear non-Yen OTC interest rate derivatives for Japanese banks Demonstrates LCH.Clearnet’s long-term commitment to Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region First foreign financial markets infrastructure provider to be licensed locally in ...
Deutsche Bank opens innovation lab in Silicon Valley
April 7th, 2016
Deutsche Bank announced today that it has opened an innovation lab in Silicon Valley, with a launch event attended by its Co-Chief Executive John Cryan on Tuesday. The lab in Palo Alto will enable the Bank to evaluate emerging ...
A head start on the transition to VAT in the GCC
April 6th, 2016
PwC has held a VAT workshop in Qatar, as part of a region wide initiative to update locally based businesses on the latest developments and the implications of VAT introduction in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. The potential ...
