Latest News

taxes

Irish Tax Reform needs further improvements

05/06/2014(0)
The European Commission has described Ireland’s system of labor taxation as fragmented and complex, has criticized its range of value-added tax (VAT) rates, and called for improvements to environmental ... Read More
deutsche-bank

Deutsche Bank cap hike delay due to court bottleneck

05/06/2014(0)
Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) plans for an 8 billion euro ($11 billion) capital hike came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when a procedural bottleneck in a German court forced ... Read More
hong kong financial district

Goldman Sachs Bolsters Asia Mergers Team Amid Rising Volumes

05/06/2014(0)
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has named John Kim as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Asia ex-Japan and will relocate Christos Tomaras from London to join that ... Read More
ECB

Caution reigns as traders await Mr Draghi

05/06/2014(0)
The euro is steady, benchmark bond yields nudging lower and bourses are mixed as investors wait to see if the European Central Bank will introduce a package of measures ... Read More
japanese-yen-6

Yen Rebounds as Most Asia Stocks Drop With Oil Before ECB

05/06/2014(0)
Japan’s yen rebounded from a one-month low while Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures were little changed before a European Central Bank monetary-policy announcement. Most Asian stocks retreated with oil, ... Read More
finma

FINMA announces “Accounting – banks” circular

04/06/2014(0)
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has published today the definitive version of the new circular “Accounting – banks”. The new circular is based on the Banking Ordinance ... Read More
Brent Crude Oil

SEC Charges Bitcoin Entrepreneur With Offering Unregistered Securities

04/06/2014(0)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the co-owner of two Bitcoin-related websites for publicly offering shares in the two ventures without registering them. An SEC investigation found ... Read More
FCA_regulator

FCA warning against unauthorised firms

04/06/2014(0)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that the following firms are not permitted to provide any financial services ... Read More
risk management

The Perils of Silos in Risk Management

04/06/2014(0)
Silos, or autonomous units, can exist in most organizations. It’s no surprise that risk management can be divided into “siloed” functions, and it’s commonly done. Among their advantages: Silos ... Read More
bitcoin-smile

Illegal Bitcoin IPO Actually Worked Out Pretty Well for Investors

04/06/2014(0)
Today the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down a bitcoin investing scam that, as bitcoin investing scams go, is disappointingly un-scammy. A very bitcoiny guy named Erik Voorhees1 started ... Read More
Broker Cyprus TopFX