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Investors Leery of Separate Accounting Standards for Private Companies
May 19th, 2015
The majority of investors are apprehensive about the creation of separate accounting standards for private companies, and the argument in favor of such standards “doesn’t withstand scrutiny,” according to a new report by the CFA Institute. The study, Addressing Financial Reporting ...
Sage launches online hub developed by accountants, for accountants
May 15th, 2015
Sage Impact, a fully customisable online hub from Sage, brings together everything accountants need to run their business Sage Impact,a new, fully customisable online hub developed by Sage and the accounting community, launches today. Sage collaborated with accountants and ...
Greece, Troika Talking Through Single VAT Rate
May 14th, 2015
Greece is under pressure to adopt a single rate of value-added tax, in ongoing talks with the troika of international lenders. The International Monetary Fund has proposed that Greece should adopt a value-added tax rate of 18 percent, which ...
CloudFX unveils CloudSelect 2.0
May 14th, 2015
CloudFX has launched an updated Cloud Service Brokerage (CSB) platform called CloudSelect 2.0, which is targeting small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), small brokers, financial institutions, and so forth. The new CloudSelect 2.0 offering is intended to simplify the design, deployment ...
ASIC: ICAP Futures (Australia) Pty Ltd pays $50,000 infringement notice penalty
May 14th, 2015
ICAP Futures (Australia) Pty Ltd (ICAP)has paid a total penalty of$50,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP found it had reason to believe that ICAP had contravened section 798H(1) ...
IP private wire service Trader Voice Anywhere connects voice traders to new markets faster
May 14th, 2015
Colt partners with GemaTech and TTC Solutions to deliver Trader Voice Anywhere Enables private wire service to turrets, IP phones and tablets Uses existing TDM turrets providing IP benefits without CAPEX investment Colt, GemaTech and TTC announced the launch ...
Law Firms Have Room to Improve, General Counsel Say
May 12th, 2015
Attorneys at law firms have work to do, a new survey of general counsel worldwide has found. While lawyers “were making more effort to understand business needs and communicate better with their clients,” 127 chief legal officers said that ...
EU Clarifies Digital VAT Proposals
May 11th, 2015
The European Commission has released more detail on its value-added tax proposals under its new Digital Single Market Strategy. The Commission previously confirmed it will legislate in 2016 to reduce the administration burden on businesses arising from different VAT ...
SST Awards 2015: All the Winners and Why they Won
May 11th, 2015
This year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards dinner, held on the evening of April 21 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, witnessed a number of new firms in the winners’ circle, four new categories, and the appearance by a genuine ...
ISDA and Markit Launch New EMIR Clearing Classification Tool on ISDA Amend
May 11th, 2015
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and Markit today announced the launch of the EMIR Clearing Classification Tool on ISDA Amend. ISDA Amend is an online service from ISDA and Markit that facilitates compliance with certain European ...
