Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Global Index Ranks Countries Best Equipped to Thrive in the Face of Unprecedented Change
June 25th, 2015
2015 KPMG Change Readiness Index highlights the impact of inclusive growth and income inequality on the capacity for responding to change. KPMG International today released its 2015 Change Readiness Index (CRI), ranking 127 countries for their capacity to prepare ...
Latest update on Alpari UK: First Interim Client Money Distribution
June 24th, 2015
KPMG, Administrators of Alpari (UK) Limited has issued an announcement regarding Client Money Pool (“CMP”) distributions. First Interim Client Money Distribution On 30 April 2015 the Joint Special Administrators announced their intention to make a first interim client money distribution ...
FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountants
June 4th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed how many staff were seconded to and from it from the ‘Big Four‘ accountancy firms Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY in 2014. Following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by sister publication Insurance Age, the ...
Top news of the day, June 02
June 2nd, 2015
Latest news: 1. European leaders and the head of the International Monetary Fund agreed to step up the intensity of talks over Greece’s fate after an extraordinary meeting in Berlin about ways to avert a default. The top-level huddle ...
EY’s slick tender secures Royal Dutch Shell audit
May 21st, 2015
EY is on the cusp of being crowned new auditors to Royal Dutch Shell should its shareholders anoint them at the fossil fuel giant’s 2016 Annual General Meeting. The announcement secures EY’s growing presence in the sector having already bagged ...
Latest on Alpari (UK): First Interim Client Money Distribution
May 4th, 2015
Alpari (UK) Limited (in special administration) (“Alpari”) First Interim Client Money Distribution: Notice inviting clients with client money protection to agree client money entitlements before 31 May 2015 The Joint Special Administrators give notice that they intend to make ...
Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
April 29th, 2015
Earlier this month, on 6 April, a new EC directive quietly slipped into force. The less than snappily titled Companies, Partnership and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 – the UK’s implementation of the EU Accounting Directive – passed onto the ...
Big Four to beat law in dumping the billable hour
April 29th, 2015
Pricing experts have predicted that accounting firms will scrap the billable hour before law firms, but neither sector is willing to change. Steve Major (pictured), founder of consultancy Pricing Power, told Lawyers Weekly that accounting firms are moving away from the ...
Latest update on Alpari (UK) Limited in Special Administration
April 16th, 2015
KPMG released an update regrading Client Claims and Client Money Pool (“CMP”) of Alpari (UK) Limited. The Joint Special Administrator’s released the following: CMP Illustrative Financial Outcome as at 8 April 2015 Valuation of Swiss currency pair trades CMP ...
