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Will Sugar Tax in UK make a positive impact on tax revenues?
August 22nd, 2016
New research says that sugar taxes in the UK would not make a positive impact on tax revenues, nor would they reduce waistlines. New research released on August 22nd by the UK think-tank Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) indicates that introducing ...
Baker & McKenzie announces global revenues of $2.62 billion
August 22nd, 2016
Revenues up 8% or 16% in constant currency Net profit grew by 14% or 22% in constant currency Profits per Equity Partner up 13% or 21% in constant currency 150 new partners Baker & McKenzie, the world’s premier global ...
EuroFX: How British Firms Built a Pyramid Scheme in China That Lost Millions
August 19th, 2016
The foreign exchange fraudsters hid in the cracks between international jurisdictions. As David Byrne ate breakfast at the Tongli Lakeview Hotel outside Shanghai one Sunday in April, an angry customer was waiting for him. Byrne, 52, is a British ...
Goldman seeks to force ex-employee in Fed leak case to arbitrate
August 19th, 2016
The lawsuit was filed in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan against Joseph Jiampietro, an ex-Goldman employee whom the Federal Reserve Board this month brought an enforcement case against. Goldman Sachs Group Inc filed a lawsuit on Thursday ...
Ex-JPMorgan vice president guilty on 9 counts of insider trading
August 18th, 2016
Ex-JPMorgan Chase V.P. guilty on 9 counts of insider trading in father’s $1M windfall Sean Stewart, a former investment vice president at JPMorgan Chase, helped his father and others make more than $1 million in illegal trades from 2011 ...
Sweden heads to cashless society
August 18th, 2016
Sweden is becoming a cashless society due to high consumer awareness of e-payments and card usage levels, a new report reveals. Swedish consumers use cards with a frequency of 134.3 transactions per card per year – higher than the ...
Bitcoin Exchange Counter Launched in Russia
August 18th, 2016
Russia recently took a far more liberal approach towards Bitcoin than expected. Last week, the Russian government decided not to introduce criminal liability towards mining and usage of the digital currency. Following the government’s move, the cryptocurrency community in ...
KPMG Special Administrator of Alpari UK reports compensation payment of 51.3 million
August 17th, 2016
KPMG, the Special Administrator of Alpari (UK) Limited has issued an update report to inform regarding the progress for the period 19 January 2016 to 18 July 2016. Below are highlights of the report as it was published. Executive ...
International Law Firm to accept payment in Bitcoin
August 17th, 2016
The Washington DC-headquartered firm, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, announced last week that it will accept payment in the digital currency known as Bitcoin. Alan Cohn, an of counsel at the firm and former assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland ...
Shenzhen and Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
August 17th, 2016
This announcement is made by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) pursuant to the provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance and Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock ...
