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Britain’s Fraud Office launches probe into Tesco accounting scandal
October 30th, 2014
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a formal criminal investigation into accounting errors at Tesco (TSCO.L), raising the stakes in a scandal that has hammered the reputation of the country’s biggest grocer. Already battling challenges on multiple fronts, ...
Initiative promises legal advice for those without lawyers in courts
October 23rd, 2014
A network of in-court advice centres providing support for unrepresented litigants in civil and family law cases is to be funded by the Ministry of Justice and expanded to cover the whole country. There has been a surge in ...
Tesco share price falls again: Chairman Sir Richard Broadbent steps down
October 23rd, 2014
It has been a tough few weeks for Tesco, but just how tough was revealed in first-half results posted this morning, which showed statutory profit before tax, which includes one-off items, collapsed by 91.9 per cent to £122m in ...
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
October 22nd, 2014
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Inflation in ...
Temporary prohibition of short selling
October 17th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instrument under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March ...
UK banks pay out $2.5 billion for swaps mis-selling
October 14th, 2014
Britain’s biggest banks have paid out less than 40 percent of the 4 billion pounds ($6.4 billion) set aside to cover the mis-selling of complex interest rate hedging products, according to data from the financial regulator. The mis-selling is ...
How to choose an accountant
October 3rd, 2014
Selecting an accountant to support your business is an important decision and something you need to consider carefully. Dan Martin gathers advice from members of the community UK Business Forums. How much should you pay? As with everything in ...
Greg Medcraft of ASIC re-elected IOSCO Board Chair
October 3rd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today re-elected Mr. Greg Medcraft as Chairman of the IOSCO Board. Mr. Medcraft was re-elected at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board, during the IOSCO Annual Conference in Rio de ...
Swiss bank UBS started FX trading settlement talks
September 29th, 2014
UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, has begun settlement talks over allegations it was involved in manipulating foreign exchange rates, the bank said, and warned that it could face a material penalty in any deal struck. UBS did not identify the ...
CEO of tax specialist cleared of wrongdoing after HMRC climb down
September 15th, 2014
The chief executive and a former director of the tax specialist arm of financial group Montpelier have been cleared of cheating the public revenue of £1m, after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped the case against them. Watkin Gittins, ...
