06/01/2020
NetCents Technology Provides Audit Update
The Company has used these audit extensions to test and confirm internal controls for its third-party auditors.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
05/31/2020
COVID-19 and Club Deals: An Alternative to Debt Financing for Acquirors
An acquiror must be sensitive to these issues and consult with antitrust counsel early in the process to address any potential concerns.
05/31/2020
Scotiabank completes sale of British Virgin Islands operations
Scotiabank completes sale of its operations in the British Virgin Islands to Republic Financial Holdings Limited May 30, 2020
05/29/2020
Bahamas broker to appear before SEC over illegal US operation
He illegally operated as a broker-dealer in the US by soliciting customers in the country by advertising Gibraltar’s brokerage services despite not being registered.
05/29/2020
U.S. judge orders 15 banks to face big investors' currency rigging lawsuit
The banks countered that the plaintiffs pointed to no transactions where the alleged manipulation caused losses.
05/28/2020
Whistleblower Rewards in the Age of COVID-19
The Group is calling on officials to expand upon the reward programs Canada recently put in place.
05/27/2020
A clampdown on corporate tax avoidance is coming. Companies should embrace it
In the U.K., for instance, the forecasts already predict the national deficit could rise from 55 billion pounds to 337 billion pounds (around $67 billion to $410 billion) by the end of this year.
05/27/2020
UBS team managing $330 million forms RIA
Three advisers form TriaGen Wealth Management in Calabasas, Calif.
05/27/2020
Sanctuary Wealth Receives PPP Loan
The Indianapolis-based firm with about $9 billion in assets under advisement intends to use the loan primarily to "maintain headcount and compensation," according to a new Form ADV.
05/27/2020
JPMorgan Asset Management signs with Calastone
Calastone’s solution provides a fully digitalised market ecosystem offering firms greater immediacy, accuracy and certainty of execution through automated workflows.
05/27/2020
Scotiabank Takes $168 Million Hit as It Shuts Historic Gold Unit
Bank is in talks to settle with authorities on metals probes
05/27/2020
Legal Operations: Impact Makes The Case For Investment
While it may be counterintuitive to start a law firm legal operations function, or add professionals to an existing legal operations department during a pandemic, the results just may be worth it.
05/27/2020
CI Financial announces strategic investment in Congress Wealth Management of Boston
The agreement represents the further development of a collaborative partnership between CI and Congress.
05/27/2020
Asia Investment in the United States Preparation Brings Opportunities
This is especially true to the extent the initiative would help grow the US business in the US market and, through cooperative efforts with the Asia partner, enable a US company to expand its products and services in Asia markets.
05/25/2020
SEC Halts Advisor's Ponzi Scheme Preying on Seniors
Paul Horton Smith Sr. faces criminal charges for allegedly using new investor funds to pay interest and the return of principal to those same investors.
05/25/2020
Fiduciary duties for corporate management in the time of coronavirus
It is axiomatic that corporate management is entrusted with the significant responsibility of managing a company for its shareholders.
05/25/2020
Central banks are creating ‘fake markets,’ Bank of America strategists say
As of Friday morning, the S&P 500 is up more than 14% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 11% so far this quarter, rebounding from a historic sell-off in March as the coronavirus spread in the U.S. and throughout the rest of the world.
05/24/2020
How ‘Baby Al Capone’ pulled off a $23.8 million crypto heist
Ellis’ bedroom in the $1.3 million home he shared with his family, including his NYU Langone-physician mother, had three computer monitors for playing his favorite games, Counter-Strike and Call of Duty.
05/24/2020
The COVID Crisis Law Firm Layoff Tracker: What’s Your Firm Doing To Survive?
The latest updates on the salary cuts, furloughs, and layoffs that are taking over the legal industry.
05/24/2020
Sales tax legislation – the bane of the art market?
The use of a foreign trade zone for artworks is often unnecessary anyway, because (with some exceptions) U.S. customs duties typically do not apply to artwork.