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Two-thirds of law firms actively target international growth
March 17th, 2016
Pricing and competition the biggest challenges facing firms in EMEA and APAC Over half of law firms across geographic regions are optimistic about growth in 2016, but pricing and competition pose the two biggest challenges to success, new research ...
Bank of Japan:Statement on Monetary Policy
March 15th, 2016
At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided upon the following. (1) Quantity Dimension: The guideline for money market operations The Bank decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set ...
London Stock Exchange Group Preliminary Results For The Year Ended 31 December 2015
March 8th, 2016
Unless stated otherwise, all figures in the highlights below relate to performance for 12 months to 31 December 2015 and comparisons with the prior 12 month period (unaudited) Continued delivery of successful strategy – Group strongly positioned to make ...
Bob Moritz selected Global Chairman of PwC
March 8th, 2016
The PricewaterhouseCoopers International Network has selected Robert E. Moritz as its new chairman for a four-year term beginning on July 1, 2016. Since 2009, Mr. Moritz has led PwC US as its chairman and senior partner. During his tenure, ...
Cyprus to Exit From Bailout Program
March 8th, 2016
Country follows Ireland, Spain and Portugal, despite not completing a final task Cyprus will successfully exit from its bailout program this month despite not completing one final task required by its creditors, eurozone finance ministers said Monday. The island-state’s exit ...
EBRD supports international trade in Greece through National Bank of Greece
March 2nd, 2016
Facility will help National Bank of Greece scale up trade finance The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the expansion of international trade with a facility to National Bank of Greece under the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP). The facility ...
EU and Brazil to work together on 5G mobile technology
February 25th, 2016
The EU and Brazil today signed an agreement to develop 5G, the next generation of communication networks. The Commission also started work on an action plan to deploy the technology in the EU by 2020. In the future, everybody ...
New international law firm launches
February 23rd, 2016
Gowling WLG, a new international law firm created by the combination of Gowlings, a leading Canadian law firm, and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG), a leading UK-based international law firm, launched on 22 February. With more than 1,400 ...
Brexit: The impact on commercial relationships and contracts; 6 things you need to know
February 18th, 2016
The debate about a Brexit has focused largely on the political arguments advanced by the “in” and “out” campaigns, but a departure from the EU will obviously also have a significant impact on commercial relationships and contracts. A referendum ...
7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
February 17th, 2016
Until recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than getting involved in any related activity. It was the fall of Mt Gox in ...
