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SFO in court for Alstom bribery case
October 9th, 2014
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has enlisted Three Raymond Buildings’ Simon Farrell QC and Rachel Scott for its court case against French train giant Alstom, which it accused of paying around $8m (£5m) in bribes to officials over a ...
FMA and SFO sign MOU to improve agency cooperation
July 30th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority, has announced a cooperation with the Serious Fraud Office iby signing a Memorandum of Understanding. In this way, both regulators continue their efficient action against unauthorised firms. Police Minister Anne Tolley and Commerce Minister Craig ...
Global Finance Functions chellenge for transformation
June 24th, 2014
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) think-tank outlines 10 key requirements needed for effective finance function change. With ongoing pressures on the CFO organisation to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function, finance transformation continues to ...
Top benefits of self-paced online learning
January 26th, 2024
In modern training development, self-paced online learning is quickly becoming the trend in education. Most of the people who are working, they are busy from Monday to Friday. For those who have a family, second job or other responsibilities, ...
European Council reaches agreement on updated rules for VAT rates
December 14th, 2021
The European Council reached agreement on a proposal to update EU rules on rates of value added tax (VAT). The new rules reflect member states’ current needs and the EU’s present policy objectives, which have changed considerably since the ...
The Fed is evaluating whether to launch a digital currency and in what form, Powell says
September 29th, 2021
The Federal Reserve is pushing ahead with its study into whether to implement its own digital currency and will be releasing a paper on the issue shortly, Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday. No decision has been made on the ...
Say’s law and the destruction of savings
April 2nd, 2021
This article explains the fundamental mistake behind Keynes’s General Theory, the vade mecum for all macro and mathematical economists today. It is no exaggeration to say that his casual rejection of Jean-Baptiste Say’s economic theories in his off-hand ...
Improving the working conditions in platform work; Q&A
February 25th, 2021
The European Commission has published Questions and Answers about improving the working conditions in platform work. Why does the European Union need an initiative on platform work? The platform economy is a growing phenomenon, with around 11% of the ...
EU’s tax irregularities attract international attention
February 25th, 2021
Le Monde’s recent “OpenLux” revelations show that Luxembourg fails to act fairly within the European Union by offering low tax rates to corporates – underscoring the flaw of an unharmonised EU system, according to Jay Sanghrajka, partner at Price ...
NSX Ltd : TAS and DESS now Live
November 23rd, 2020
NSX Limited (ASX:NSX), (“the Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, the National Stock Exchange of Australia (“NSXA”) has completed its Trade Acceptance Service (“TAS”) integration to the ASX Clear system. TAS brings the ability to ...
