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Japanese E-Commerce Rakuten Establishes $100M Fintech Investment Fund: Initially Targets US and Europe
December 3rd, 2015
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (TOKYO:4755) officially initiated a new $100 million fintech investment fund, according to a release. The Rakuten FinTech Fund, a new US$100 million global investment fund focuses on investments in disruptive early to mid-stage fintech startups aims to offer ...
Money Is Becoming Unmanageable: Hedge Funds Post Losses, Face Outflows
December 3rd, 2015
Some of the money managers who made names (and billions of dollars) for themselves in the past decade are suddenly failing: ” Hedge Funds Brace for Redemptions (Bloomberg) – When BlueCrest Capital Management told investors Tuesday ...
ISIS parks its cash in Bitcoin, experts say
November 26th, 2015
Just days after the hacker group Anonymous pledged to hunt down Islamic State members and launch cyberattacks against their accounts, a separate group of techies claims it has identified a key funding avenue for the terror network – bitcoin accounts. Ghost ...
British Accountancy Awards 2015: The winners
November 26th, 2015
A packed house at the Brewery celebrated the best of the profession at the British Accountancy Awards. Nearly 700 guests attended the awards, with regional and national firms recognised for the efforts during the past 12 months. The winners ...
Accountants need to become “strategic advisers”: RSM
November 18th, 2015
Accountants are faced with growing pressure to remain relevant or risk becoming “obsolete” in the face of the increasing proliferation of cloud-based and self-service accounting tools, according to accounting firm RSM. Under the Financial Services Reform Act 2001, accountants are ...
FCA‘s Project Innovate celebrates first anniversary with plans for ‘regulatory sandbox’
November 10th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published plans for implementing a ‘regulatory sandbox’. The sandbox will allow businesses to test out new, innovative financial products, services or business models without incurring all the normal regulatory consequences of engaging in ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
Trading Psychology: How to Cope with Losses
November 9th, 2015
Losing money in the financial markets is a tough pill to swallow for most traders. A big loss may not only affect your bank account, but your trading psychology as a whole. However, letting your fear of losing control ...
Bitcoin to be 6th largest reserve currency by 2030: Research
November 5th, 2015
Bitcoin industry insiders have issued an optimistic prediction for the cryptocurrency over the next few decades, suggesting it could be as widely used as the Swiss franc or the Australian dollar. U.K.-based Magister Advisors, which advises the technology industry ...
Bitcoin Is Suddenly Surging Again
November 3rd, 2015
And there are various theories behind the rise. Bitcoin is back in the news, but this time it seems to be for all the right reasons. After a blockbuster 2013, the digital currency tumbled throughout 2014 on negative headlines, such as the February ...
