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Baker & McKenzie strengthens its China funds and private equity capabilities
June 4th, 2015
Baker & McKenzie strengthens its China funds and private equity capabilities through the Joint Operation it formed with FenXun Partners The Joint Operation provides clients of both firms with an unprecedented platform to serve their international and PRC legal ...
NYDFS Announces Final Bitlicense Framework for Regulating Digital Currency Firms
June 4th, 2015
Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, today announced the release of the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) final BitLicense – the first comprehensive framework for regulating digital currency firms. The BitLicense – which is the ...
Top news of the day, June 02
June 2nd, 2015
Latest news: 1. European leaders and the head of the International Monetary Fund agreed to step up the intensity of talks over Greece’s fate after an extraordinary meeting in Berlin about ways to avert a default. The top-level huddle ...
KPMG: Big Four player poses new threat to law firms
June 2nd, 2015
KPMG is growing its legal arm beyond tax, threatening to become a major player in the legal services market. Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Jeremy Geale, the head of KPMG’s tax controversy team, said the Big Four firm is boosting the ...
Rights groups reject OECD approach on corporate tax avoidance
June 2nd, 2015
An international campaign to stamp out corporate tax dodging will fail and G20 leading economies should instead adopt a global minimum tax rate for multinationals, a coalition of 10 charities and human rights bodies said. The G20 asked the ...
Citi Urges UK Government to Create its Own Digital Currency
May 29th, 2015
Around the same time as Accenture’s call for the UK government to regulate bitcoin wallets, Citi suggested that officials should look into creating their own digital currency. This has been revealed in the Treasury’s release of a document entitled “Digital ...
SEC Announces Charges Against Compliance Director Accused of Defrauding Investors and Stealing Brokerage Firm Assets
May 29th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Long Island man accused of fleecing investors and stealing money from a brokerage firm where he worked as the director of compliance. The SEC’s Enforcement Division alleges that ...
China to Ease Limits on Overseas Investments
May 29th, 2015
Beijing advances goal to make yuan a reserve currency with plan to ease capital controls China’s campaign to turn the tightly controlled yuan into a global currency is crossing a new threshold, as the government plans to make it ...
Chinese stocks up at midday, shaking off morning slump
May 29th, 2015
SSEC +0.12 pct, CSI300 +0.61 pct Steep morning drop erased by mid-morning Follows market slump on Thursday Investors worried by margin trade changes, monetary policy Chinese stocks ended the morning session up slightly on Friday, but the market saw ...
Cryptography Researchers & Users Could Face Jail Time In Australia
May 28th, 2015
In recent weeks, not only has UK Prime Minister David Cameron suggested the banning of encryption use, Australia is on its way to making it a criminal offense to even lecture on the topic. Starting next May, academics could face ...
