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LONDON (Reuters) UK competition authorities are to probe the stranglehold of the world’s biggest accountancy firms on British blue-chip company audits after finding evidence of anti-competitive behaviour.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said dominan...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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International Business
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NEW YORK (Reuters) The court-appointed trustee and others seeking money for Bernard Madoff’s customers were paid $318.4 million through the end of March more than the sum available to be paid out to the victims.
Trustee Irving Picard said he has reac...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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International Business
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) European Union states will be left with little “wriggle room” under plans by the bloc's executive to turn globally agreed tougher bank rules for more than 8,000 lenders into law.
The accord, known as Basel III, was endorsed by worl...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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International Business
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LONDON (Bloomberg) HSBC Holdings Plc, the UK bank that made more than half of its profit in Asia last year, aims to add at least 2,000 employees in China and Singapore in the next five years to target wealthy individuals in the region.
The London-bas...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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International Business
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Omnium LLC, a hedge fund administrator with operations in Bermuda with approximately $70 billion in assets under administration, is set to be acquired by leading asset service provider Northern Trust, it was announced yesterday.
The takeover, which i...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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International Business
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Appleby has announced the retirement of James Jardine as CEO after 20 years at the law firm.
Mr Jardine stepped down on March 31.
Following an election held earlier this month, Peter Bubenzer has been appointed as chairman of the group and will assum...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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International Business
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International financial centres will not survive unless they join forces to create a united body to articulate the benefits they provide the global economy.
That is the view of Professor Gilbert Norris, who gave an outspoken and entertaining speech o...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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International Business
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Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox has reminded the public of the importance of the upcoming OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)/Group of 20 Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information this month.
The high l...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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International Business
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A group of experts brought together to examine opportunities for growth in Bermuda’s asset management industry has suggested that Government may need to consider new ways to attract more of this type of business to the Island, including adding additi...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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International Business
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LONDON (AP) British Airways has reached a deal with the union representing its cabin crew to settle a long-running labour dispute that culminated in a series of damaging strikes last year.
BA said it was pleased that the threat of industrial action h...
DATE: May 13, 2011
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International Business
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