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IG Group Preliminary results for the year ended 31 May 2015
July 21st, 2015
IG Group announced today results for the year ended 31 May 2015 Operating and financial summary Good growth in revenue(1); underlying(2) up 8% at £400.2 million; reported up 4.9% at £388.4 million Reported results impacted by Swiss franc event ...
Deloitte joins cryptocurrency industry group
July 21st, 2015
To work with ADCCA on accounting standards for bitcoin. Big four accounting firm Deloitte has joined the peak industry group representing digital currency traders in Australia, highlighting a growing mainstream focus on cryptocurrencies. Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association is ...
Smaller firms beat Big Four to ICAEW exam top scores
July 21st, 2015
The institute’s latest ACA exam results show a consistently high level of passes. Nine out of ten (91.8%) passed Business Strategy; 82% passed Audit & Assurance; and 81.7% passed Financial Management. Four of the top score prizes were scooped ...
A&O and Freshfields win big on 888’s £900m purchase of Bwin after bidding battle
July 20th, 2015
Magic Circle duo Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as the bidding battle for online gambling company Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment came to an end today (17 July) with 888 beating GVC to acquire the FTSE 250-listed ...
Leading Hedge Funds in Asia Adopt Broadridge’s Trading, Portfolio Management and Operating Solution
July 20th, 2015
BosValen Asset Management and Pleiad Investment Advisors deploy Broadridge’s investment management platform Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced that BosValen Asset Management and Pleiad Investment Advisors have adopted Broadridge’s all-inclusive trading, portfolio management and operating platform. Over the ...
IRS Probes Singapore Asset Manager for accepting transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts
July 20th, 2015
First came Switzerland. Now the Internal Revenue Service has a new target: Singapore Criminal investigators at the IRS are probing whether a Singapore asset-management firm accepted transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts closed by U.S. taxpayers, according to lawyers familiar ...
Was Greece Always Part Of The Plan?
July 20th, 2015
Since its inception, critics of the eurozone have been pointing to its incomplete nature — everyone uses the same money but keeps their own national budgets and tax regimes — and speculating that this “fatal flaw” would doom the ...
India Signs Up For FATCA To Block Black Money
July 20th, 2015
The Indian government’s crackdown on black money is continuing with the signing of a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) agreement with the USA. Both countries have agreed to swap financial information about bank accounts and investments controlled by ...
The Interface Companies of the Sharing Economy
July 17th, 2015
In the world of competitive sports, “bulletin board material” refers to when you collect negative comments from others and post then in public place to fire up your motivation. In my world, “bulletin board material” refers to comments that ...
European Court of Justice Official Proposes Bitcoin VAT Exemption
July 17th, 2015
Bitcoin operations should be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT), the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice said in an opinion document published today. Citing existing exemptions for currency and money transactions in Europe’s VAT Directive, Attorney ...
