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RBA: Monetary Policy Decision, rate unchanged
April 5th, 2016
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. Recent information suggests that the global economy is continuing to grow, though at a slightly lower pace than earlier expected. While several ...
New Report From ACCA Identifies Massive Talent Challenges In Global Finance Functions
March 30th, 2016
A new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) suggests that current talent management practices are falling short. The new report launches ACCA’s global campaign examining talent management practices in today’s finance function. ‘Talent Equation: First Insights’ ...
Dollar, North Asia stocks firm on positive U.S. GDP data
March 28th, 2016
The dollar firmed on Monday and stocks in North Asia rose after fairly strong consumer spending led to an upward revision in U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter, helping to underpin investor sentiment. “As long as the U.S. ...
What actually is … Blockchain technology?
March 23rd, 2016
A new technology is causing a stir in the FinTech community: Blockchain has many market experts believing that it is the greatest achievement of the past decade for financial technology and the most important digital innovation since the internet ...
Italian police open money laundering investigation of broker linked to HSBC
March 23rd, 2016
An Italian financial broker who worked on behalf of HSBC in the Swiss town of Lugano is under investigation for possible money laundering in a probe linked to a wider tax evasion case, an Italian finance police colonel told ...
ASX chief Elmer Funke Kupper quits in face of investigation
March 22nd, 2016
The head of the Australian Securities Exchange, Elmer Funke Kupper, has quit his $3.5 million a year job over allegations that he knew of a $200,000 payment to the family of Cambodian strongman prime minister Hun Sen. The $200,000 payment was made when Mr Funke Kupper was ...
Asia mixed in quiet trading session, with Nikkei up 1.9%
March 22nd, 2016
Asia markets were mixed in a quiet session on Tuesday, with a weaker yen buoying Japanese stocks while Chinese stocks gave up some of their Monday gains. Japan’s Nikkei 225, which reopened after a public holiday Monday, closed up 323.74 ...
Toshiba confirms SEC investigation as accounting woes spread to US
March 18th, 2016
Securities commission and justice department examining ‘accounting problem’ at US units, says Japanese corporation, amid profit-padding crisis Toshiba has announced its US businesses are cooperating with authorities over alleged accounting irregularities and is to cut a further 3,000 jobs. The ...
European farmers in crisis: EU Commission activates measures to support them
March 17th, 2016
European Commission activates exceptional measures to further support European farmers in crisis “This is a package of measures which can have a material and positive impact on European agricultural markets and it should now be given the chance to ...
FINRA Reports on Effective Practices for Digital Investment Advice
March 17th, 2016
Financial services firms’ offerings of digital investment advice need sound governance and supervision, including effective means of overseeing suitability of recommendations, conflicts of interest, customer risk profiles and portfolio rebalancing, according to a new report from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ...
