Search Results for: VAT
Standard Chartered suspends certain Hong Kong operations
September 29th, 2014
Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) has suspended some of its Hong Kong banking operations, including over-the-counter services and check deposits, until further notice due to “situations in certain areas”, the Asia-focused lender said on Monday. Standard Chartered has activated contingency ...
OANDA partners with Australian CFD Forum
September 26th, 2014
OANDA, a global provider of innovative foreign exchange FX and contract for difference (CFD) trading services , has officially joined the Australian CFD Forum, an industry body that is committed to enhancing the efficient operation, transparency, and overall investor ...
Another Western Energy Company Ends Russian Cooperation
September 25th, 2014
ExxonMobil Corp. was the first Western company to bow to Western sanctions against Moscow and suspend offshore Arctic drilling for Rosneft, the Kremlin-owned oil giant. Now another large Western energy company, France’s Total, is ending its effort with Russia’s ...
Bitcoin on PayPal
September 24th, 2014
PayPal announced a monumental partnership that will likely play a large part in the adoption of bitcoin throughout the world. The company has partnered with BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin to provide bitcoin support to the millions of PayPal users. ...
African countries to Issue more than $1 billion in climate change bonds
September 23rd, 2014
The bonds – planned to be issued in 2016 – will provide additional financing to participating countries to enhance their climate adaptation investments, in the event that weather shocks such as extreme heat, droughts, floods or cyclones increase in ...
Blackstone to pull out of Russia
September 22nd, 2014
US private equity group Blackstone is “giving up on Russia”, highlighting how even well-connected western investors are shying away from doing business in the country. The New York-based buyout group has been frustrated in its attempts to find deals ...
BEPS Fallout To Be Minimal For New Zealand
September 22nd, 2014
New Zealand’s tax system is unlikely to experience significant changes resulting from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s base erosion and profit shifting work, according to professional services firm PwC. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ...
Financial crisis a reason for late tax payment
September 18th, 2014
Sometimes bad economic news can be good news for taxpayers. A judge has ruled that the recession was a reasonable excuse for a family business to not pay a VAT bill on time. Scrimsign Micro Electronics, which makes electronic ...
Dark Pools need more transparent future as threats rise
September 18th, 2014
Off-exchange markets, accounting for more than 40 percent of dark-pool volume, have publicly disclosed rules of operation that were previously hidden. The private venues host 17 percent of trading in the $24 trillion U.S. stock market. They’re taking the ...
Australian firm pays $20,400 penalty for making misleading representations
September 18th, 2014
The Australian regulator has charged Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd (Invast), an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee based in Sydney, with the amount of $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representations. ASIC was alert ...
