NYSE Announces Garvis Toler III as Global Head of Capital Markets
March 4th, 2015
The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced Garvis Toler III will become Global Head of Capital Markets focused on listings transactions. Toler will join the ...
ECB Glimpse of Cyprus Debt Shows Limits of Bank Cleanup
March 4th, 2015
There was a time when a Cypriot on a moderate income could take a gamble on foreign real-estate worth more than his life savings. One banking crash, three and a half years of recession and an international bailout later, ...
EBA updates on future EU-wide stress tests
March 3rd, 2015
European Banking Authority has issued a press release informing that: In its meeting on 24 February 2015, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) decided not to carry out an EU-wide stress test in 2015 and ...
World Bank Approves $500 Million Project to Improve Access to Finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
March 2nd, 2015
The World Bank today approved a $500 million loan for the MSME Growth Innovation and Inclusive Finance Project to improve access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) working in the manufacturing and services sector, including startups ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (part B)
March 2nd, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
European Banks’ Reciprocity Draws Scrutiny
March 2nd, 2015
When Deutsche Bank AG hired 25 banks last summer to help it raise about $9 billion of new capital, it made some unusual selections. In addition to a handful of Wall Street stalwarts, three Italian banks made the cut. ...
Events – Conferences – Seminars
February 26th, 2015
Stay updated with coming Live Events, Conferences and Seminars for Forex Market, Accounting, Legal Banking and in general on Business, Finance and Investments
RBS: Annual Results 2014
February 26th, 2015
RBS reports an attributable loss of £3,470 million in 2014, compared with a loss of £8,995 million in 2013. The result included a loss from discontinued operations of £3,445 million, which reflected a £3,994 million fair value write-down in ...
FATCA registration guidance updated to publicise time lag
February 26th, 2015
HMRC has updated its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) registration guidance to inform of the time lag between registration and reporting FATCA requires financial institutions (FIs) outside the US to pass information about their US customers to the ...
Switzerland, Italy Sign Landmark Double Tax Protocol
February 24th, 2015
Switzerland and Italy have signed a protocol to their double tax agreement (DTA) and a roadmap for tax cooperation – deals that the Swiss Government says will improve relations after years of controversy. The DTA protocol was initialed on ...
