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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 ...
8 Steps to Stronger Information Risk Management
April 7th, 2015
How CFOs can balance the risk/reward equation to sparks CEOs interest in information risk management decisions? Believe me, I know how hard it is to get funding to strengthen your information risk management program. Ask pretty much any CEO to find ...
ICAEW: No disciplinaries yet against tax avoidance advisers
March 30th, 2015
The ICAEW has yet to discipline any members for advising clients on aggressive tax avoidance schemes, despite setting a strong stance against such behaviour three years ago, the institute has confirmed toAccountancy Age. In 2012, the ICAEW announced members advising on ...
China to reap Alibaba windfall as tightens up on tax
March 23rd, 2015
China could make billions of dollars from taxing gains made by employees of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group BABA.N who are free to sell their shares for the first time since its IPO, as the country tightens up its leaky ...
Bank of England turns up the heat on accounting firms
March 2nd, 2015
The Bank of England would have the power to fine or ban accounting firms from working in financial services under proposals setting out how the UK central bank’s regulation arm will monitor the accounting industry. The proposals from the ...
Swiss Banks Try to Keep Italian Clients After Tax Deal Is Signed
February 26th, 2015
Swiss asset managers, faced with the prospect of an exodus of Italian funds, have won a reprieve. An agreement to share tax information among the two nations signed Monday means Italy will remove Switzerland from a black list, enabling ...
KPMG announces new Centers of Excellence
February 19th, 2015
Aidan Brennan, KPMG International’s Global Head of Management Consulting, has announced the launch of three new Centers of Excellence (CoEs) dedicated to the Customer, Enterprise Performance Management and Supply Chain. These new investments complement KPMG’s well-established centers focused on ...
Hodge delivers fresh attack on tax avoidance
February 12th, 2015
Professional tax advisers heard some tough talking from Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, when she spoke at an ICAS Business Insights event in London on 10 February. The Labour MP for Barking said: “There are too many ...
Europe’s loan portfolio market to top €100bn in 2015
January 30th, 2015
European loan portfolios with a face value of €91bn were sold in 2014, up from €64bn the previous year, says PwC in a Q4 update from its Portfolio Advisory Group. PwC say the European secondary market for loan portfolios ...
Exchange Traded Fund Assets under management to exceed $5 trillion by 2020
January 26th, 2015
Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6% per annum to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will pay a prominent role in this growth, as ...
