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Settlement dollars reach 16-year low

8th April 2015
A Cornerstone Research report released at the end of March shows that total settlement dollars in securities class actions hit their lowest mark in 16 years in 2014. The average settlement amount also reached its lowest level since 2000, according to Securities Class Action Settlements—2014 Review and Analysis. Total settlements dropped to $1.1 billion (€1 […]
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Editor's Letter - April 2015

7th April 2015
The first quarter of the year is now under our belts and a return in confidence is palpable in most markets. Investor sentiment in Europe has hit a peak, the German equity market is climbing once more, and confidence is up for India’s CEOs. Most markets, it seems, are returning to prosperity. In the April […]
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Profit up at ICBC

7th April 2015
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) posted a net profit of RMB276.3 billion (€41.5 billion) for the year of 2014, representing a growth of 5.1% over 2013, the bank announced on March 26, 2015. In 2014, in response to an increasingly complex global economy, coupled with rising economic challenges and deepening financial reform […]
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Online credit platform Spotcap raises €5 million in funding

7th April 2015
  Spotcap secured €5 million in funding from Kreos Capital, it announced in March. Spotcap plans to use the debt capital to finance the online business lending activities in Spain and the Netherlands and expand its operations globally. Mårten Vading, General Partner at Kreos Capital, said: “Spotcap is at the forefront of the rapidly changing […]
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Banks at digital tipping point

7th April 2015
  Banks must concentrate on harnessing a range of digital technologies or risk losing customers to a new wave of competitors, according to a new report by the BBA and Accenture. Called Digital Disruption, the report features interviews with leading experts from banks setting out their vision of the future and raises questions for regulators […]
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Accrual Accounting & Tax

2nd April 2015
Can it stabilise tax revenues?
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ECB and BoE announce market stability measures

2nd April 2015
European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) have announced measures to enhance financial stability in relation to centrally cleared markets in the EU. The ECB and the BoE have agreed enhanced arrangements for information exchange and cooperation regarding UK Central Counterparties (CCPs) with significant euro-denominated business. A CCP places itself between the original […]
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Investor sentiment hits a peak in Eurozone

2nd April 2015
March saw an overall average asset class sentiment reach a high, according to the monthly Lloyds Bank Private Banking Investor Sentiment Index. With continued improvement in overall asset class sentiment, net sentiment increased for seven of the ten asset classes surveyed with only a modest decline for the other three, leading to its highest overall […]
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KPMG enters strategic partnership with UKTI

1st April 2015
KPMG has entered into a strategic partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), which will see the two organisations supporting the growth of UK exports of goods and expertise. Both organisations have signalled an intent to collaborate together offering support to what is a vital part of the UK's economic growth targets. UKTI and KPMG […]
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France cuts deficit target

26th March 2015
France cut its budget deficit target for 2015 and announced that this year’s economic growth could beat the government’s 1% forecast, as the country posted a smaller than expected fiscal gap for 2014. Statistics office INSEE announced that the budget gap dropped to 4% of economic output in 2014 from 4.1% in 2013, signalling economic […]
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UK on cusp of deflation

24th March 2015
The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) today announced that UK consumer price inflation has hit its lowest point since the early 1960's. After a 0.3% reading in January, annual inflation fell further to 0.0% in February. According to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), the greatest contributors to the inflationary slowdown were […]
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