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Varoufakis fuels confusion over reforms as Juncker questions his role
May 27th, 2015
As Greece’s negotiations with its creditors enter the most critical phase, the country’s finance minister created fresh confusion on Tuesday with statements regarding possible tax reforms which were almost immediately revoked. Meanwhile, fuelling speculation about how much longer Varoufakis ...
Top news of the day, May 26
May 26th, 2015
1. Binary options – potential changes in regulation. At present binary options are regulated by the UK’s Gambling Commission, but only if the firm has remote gambling equipment located in Britain. If this is not the case, any binary ...
Varoufakis says Greece committed to reforms, rules out more austerity
May 26th, 2015
Greece is committed to liberalizing its economy, reforming its pension system and running a reasonable primary budget surplus, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis wrote on Tuesday. But it cannot meet requests from its creditors to adopt further austerity measures this ...
Baker Tilly Roelfs Merge with TPW Group
May 26th, 2015
Baker Tilly Roelfs (Germany) and TPW Group have announced it will merge effective immediately. This strategic merger is a logical expansion of the existing consultancy and service offering, both in terms of services and geographic locations. TPW Group’s 20 partners ...
Bank of Israel leaves June interest rate unchanged
May 26th, 2015
The Bank of Israel has left the rate unchanged at an historic low of 0.1% for the third consecutive month. The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee headed by Governor Dr. Karnit Flug has kept the interest rate for June unchanged at ...
Debt talks resume amid concerns over differences, looming repayment, political upheaval
May 26th, 2015
Government officials on Monday expressed confidence that Greece was close to a deal with creditors that would allow loans to be unlocked but pressure is growing on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from abroad and on the domestic front. The ...
G7 finance ministers to discuss recent forex moves – Canada
May 26th, 2015
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations will discuss recent foreign exchange movements when they meet in Germany this week, a senior Canadian official said on Monday. The official also told reporters that foreign ...
FCA fines set to dip below record despite Libor and forex penalties
May 26th, 2015
Last week’s record £284.4m penalty imposed on Barclays for its part in the foreign exchange rate rigging scandal came just weeks after a £226.8m fine on Deutsche Bank The Financial Conduct Authority’s income from fines is set to fall ...
It Is Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt
May 25th, 2015
Did you know that if you took every single penny away from everyone in the United States that it still would not be enough to pay off the national debt? Today, the debt of the federal government exceeds $145,000 ...
Swiss Bankers Respond To Privacy Initiative
May 25th, 2015
The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has published a new report on the “Yes to the protection of privacy” initiative, which criticizes plans to enshrine bank-client confidentiality in the federal constitution. The “Yes to the protection of privacy” initiative was ...
