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UK challenger banks call for easier access to BoE liquidity
June 24th, 2014
Britain’s “challenger” banks are pushing for easier access to Bank of England liquidity and more favourable capital rules to help them compete with established lenders. Small banks say they can be asked to provide substantial collateral when they use ...
The Case of the Missing White-Collar Criminal
June 23rd, 2014
The senior executives who played leading roles in the 2008 financial crisis can breathe a sigh of relief: If any committed crimes, the statute of limitations will run out for most of them this year. It’s safe to say ...
France claims victory in Alstom deal with US rival GE
June 23rd, 2014
The boss of French rail and energy group Alstom says the $17bn (£10bn) deal to sell off most of its power generation business to US rival General Electric will protect France’s interests and save jobs. “ a combination ...
Auditors Favor Curbs on Changes to the Audit Report
June 23rd, 2014
Rather than divulge every worry that kept them up at night during an audit, some auditors feel that they should limit their reporting of “critical audit matters” to the anxieties they’ve reported to the audit committee, according to an ...
Hedge-Fund Hack Part of Bigger Siege: Cyber-Experts
June 23rd, 2014
The attack on a U.S. hedge fund’s network, which a cybersecurity contractor said last week disrupted the firm’s high-speed trading and stole its data, is but one among many. That is the assessment of more than a half-dozen computer ...
Philippines Arrests Ex-President Estrada’s Son Over Fund Scandal
June 23rd, 2014
Philippine authorities arrested a son of former President Joseph Estrada after a court found sufficient evidence to try him on charges of stealing at least 183.8 million pesos ($4.2 million) of development funds. Senator Jinggoy Estrada handed himself in ...
UBS Belgium Chief Charged in Multibillion-Euro Tax Probe
June 20th, 2014
Marcel Bruehwiler, chief executive of UBS AG’s (UBSN) Belgium unit, was charged in Brussels as part of a probe into a multibillion-euro tax fraud, accelerating the latest tax-evasion inquiry facing the Swiss bank. Prosecutors said the investigation deals with ...
ACCA welcomes new rules against money laundering and terrorist finacing
June 20th, 2014
The keywords in fighting money laundering and terrorist financing throughout Europe and worldwide are transparency and consistency between EU rules and the international approach, says global accountancy body In February 2013, the European Commission unveiled a package incorporating new ...
Australian Directors jailed for breaching director duties
June 20th, 2014
Australia’s market regulator ASIC, in its effort to keep the financial system secure has sentenced some directors for breaching essential director duties. Therefore, ASIC has published the following press release: Mr Ronald David Williams and Mr Gary David Maile, former ...
US court rejects Gemalto’s Android patent lawsuit
June 20th, 2014
Gemalto NV, the French digital security company, said on Friday that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected its patent claim relating to the Android smart phone operating platform. Gemalto, which makes smart cards, filed a ...
