Providers of established and cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain ledgers and artificial intelligence are getting the spotlight in the winners’ circle of the annual FTF News Technology Innovation Awards for 2018, the eighth time that Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has recognized achievements in the securities operations industry. Other than the Editor’s Choice award, qualified industry… Read More >>
SEC Charges KPMG, Deloitte & BDO Units with Improper Audits
SEC Focuses On Foreign Affiliates of Auditors The SEC has charged foreign affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, and BDO for “their involvement in audit work that circumvented the full oversight of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).” The auditors have settled the charges by paying penalties or disgorging their profits from the audits,… Read More >>
SIX Securities Teams with Confinale for New Tax Service
SIX Securities Services, the post-trade group at Swiss financial infrastructure provider SIX, has teamed up with tax consultancy and software developer Confinale to launch a new Tax Reclaim Service on Jan. 1, 2017 with Raiffeisen Switzerland as its first pilot client. The service, which is part of the SIX Securities Advanced Tax Services, aims to… Read More >>
