TORONTO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The newly-launched RMB clearing bank in Canada and the owner of the Canadian stock exchange inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) here Wednesday to explore the R. [...]
China's yuan has dropped to seventh place among the world's payments currencies, global tr. [...]
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said China needs to loosen its financial controls before the yua. [...]
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China cut interest rates for the third time in six months on Sunday in a bid to lower companies' borrowing costs and stoke a sputtering. [...]
May 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Nomura Holdings Inc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc to pay a collective $806 mil. [...]
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The Bank of England hit the public with a barrage of economic forecasts this week but made no mention of what may prove the biggest inf. [...]
Peter Schiff spoke with Reason TV about the dramatic plunge in the Chinese stock market over the past three weeks. Peter e. [...]
TEHRAN: The Iranian nuclear pact will gradually reo. [...]
The world knows little of the Islamic State terror group's brutal leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. [...]
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The marina behind South Church Street in the Cayman Islands. US President Barack Obama said in a 2009 speech that one Cayman Islands address had as many as 12,000 corpo. [...]
If you had £12,000 sitting in your current account, and you walked into your local branch to make an over-the-counter cash withdrawal,. [...]
The world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, in an exclusive interview, said,. [...]
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The capital market transactions are made while trading in the capital market securities. Stocks and bonds are the two types of . [...]
Deutsche Bank aims to cut roughly 23,000 jobs, or about one quarter of total staff, through layoffs mainly in technology activities and. [...]
Central bankers proposed changes on Tuesday to stop the global payments system fragmenting as banks scale back cross-border networks, b. [...]
LIMA - Finance ministers from the world's leading economies gave the green light Friday to a new plan to crack down on tax evasion by multi-national corporations which co. [...]
Standard Chartered Plc cut 11 sales and trading jobs in Dubai. [...]
Dubai: Businesses based in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region are expected to face a significant rise in compliance risk scrutiny from . [...]
U.S. officials investigating the $12.8 trillion market for U.. [...]
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Compliance professionals were startled when a jury in the futures industry's home base of Chicago convicted a veteran commodities trader. [...]
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In the spectrum from legality to illegality, most cases. [...]
Abu Dhabi Criminal Court sentenced him to one month in jail
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Barclays Plc may cut an additional 20 percent of investment b. [...]
American expats who don’t pay their taxes could have their passports revoked, if lawmakers in Washington DC approve new legis. [...]
The U.S. Justice Department is examining possible manipulatio. [...]
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Chinese securities regulators are preparing some of the world. [...]
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Increased regulation is putting compliance professionals under immense strain, making them feel more exposed to risk than th. [...]
A serious set of own-goals.
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The government of Qatar is in talks with banks about a sovereign sukuk issue, sources aware of the matter said on Monday, as the Gulf n. [...]
China has officially issued a warning to George Soros: Beware of going to "war on the renminbi."
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The State Department expects 2016 to be a busy year for passport renewals.
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Switzerland’s prosecutors are seeking legal assistance . [...]
For the first time in almost a decade, China has lost ground . [...]
Dr. Martin Bruce from University of Washington shares this new case study.
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The head of Damac has threatened to “go on TV naked and resign” if the worst predictions about Dubai’s property market are realised t. [...]
If you’re thinking of buying a house in Dubai right now, there are plenty of reasons to make you change your mind. The dirham’s peg to the . [...]
When Cromwell Coulson heard that an obscure Chinese real esta. [...]
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Closer links between Barclays and Interpol are indicative of the proactive approach needed from all companies in the financial services sector to address cyber risks they face, a. [...]
Money managers for Asia’s wealthy families are favoring. [...]
If the terrible headlines and stock prices are to be read like tea leaves, then the tech industry is about to face a major reality check.
Saudi Arabia is easing rules on bank lending to stimulate gro. [...]
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The Caribbean is a scapegoat for those in Europe and US who continue, conveniently, to brand the Caribbean as the ho. [...]
The Robert Half 2016 Salary Guide provides a. [...]
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Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest lender, has laid off approximately 300 people in rec. [...]
World money exchange tells 11,000 financial institutions to update their software after US$81m was stolen from account. [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed new regulations that would require U.S. . [...]
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The U.S. Treasury Department wants to go after money launderers, tax evaders and terrorists by cracking open the shell companies they us. [...]
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Three bankers in New York, London and Siena, Italy, died within 17 months of each other in 2013-14 in what authorities deemed a series of unrelated suicides. But i. [...]
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Interesting article, it discuss the French law on Boardroom gender diversity which comes into effect in 2017. The penalty for non Compliance includes all board members fees.
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Quietly, over the last year, Facebook has killed the concept of a private account.
A smartphone battery sparked a fire on a Qantas flight, prompting an investigation.
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Who is the owner of risk – Is it CEO, CRO or different parties and how organisational risk is lin. [...]
It is always interesting to put on our “all-seeing glasses” and look at situations when risk management failed. By doing this, we ha. [...]
Once management and the Board understand the enterprise’s most significant strategic, operational, financial and compliance risk exposures. [...]
Every organization has significant risk exposures. The question is, does executive management and the Board of Directors really know what they a. [...]
As the Board of Directors focuses its attention on risk oversight, there are many questions to consider. One topic the Board should consider is . [...]
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The Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) is part of a drive in recent years by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to 'crack down' on tax evaders and. [...]
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According to a CareerBuilder survey, 75 percent of employers said they have hired the wrong person for a position, and of those who had a bad hire affect. [...]
The goal of our background investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy. Back in the 1950s that meant talking to neighbors and family," said Rep. Mark M. [...]
FIDEL CASTRO has died, aged 90. He ruled Cuba for 47 years, ceding power to. [...]
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The Qatar crisis proves two things: the continued infantilisation of the Arab states, and the to. [...]
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7 February 2018, Brian Fleming, member of Law Firm of Miller & Chevalier in Washington D.C.