Your Thoughts: Autumn Budget Reactions
Yesterday UK Chancellor Phillip Hammond made a number of announcements and updates in the Autumn Budget 2018. You can see all things Autumn Budget…
Category: Banking & Finance
US Steps in to Clean Up Cyprus
With ongoing discussions around the Cypriot failure to tackle money laundering and economic crime, global banking expert Robert Lyddon discusses US efforts to force…
Smart Contracts & Their Potential Tax Implications
What are the possible tax reporting issues that crop up with Smart Contracts? Below, Jimmy Royer, Principal and Alan G. White, Managing Principal, at…
Big Four Make Significant Increases in Brand Strength
New research from Acritas reveals the dramatic growth of the Big Four’s legal brands among alternative legal service providers. This Index has been established…
Record Fraud Cases in Court: Epidemic or Better Enforcement?
Below Lawyer Monthly hears from Nicola Sharp, of award-winning business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli, who explains why recent fraud statistics cannot be ignored by…
The Regulatory Sandbox: Time to Stop Playing and Get Serious
Countries that want to promote innovation are coming to recognise the difficulty of innovating without regulatory certainty. For the uninitiated to the concept of…
Pension Reform is Going to Be Costly
At companies and institutions around the world, pensions are collapsing and vulnerable consumers are paying the price. Lloyds Banking Group, for example, is in…
The Big Four Breakup: Greater Choice is Better Than Greater Competition
Following John McDonnell’s suggestion that the Big Four auditing firms (Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers) be split up, Professor Paolo Quattrone, Chair in…
The SFO: Rising Raids and the Right Response
Figures just released show that the SFO is increasing its use of raids in criminal investigations. Aziz Rahman, of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli,…
Law Firms Need to Consider Alternative Finance Streams to Plug Funding Gap
A recent survey by MHA, the national association of independent accountancy firms we are a member of, revealed that total external funding per equity…