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SFO BUDGET CUTS COULD SCUPPER UK FIGHT AGAINST BRIBERY, OECD SAYS
Ongoing concerns about underfunding and even the future abolition of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) could hamper the UK’s fight against bribery, according to the latest assessment report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on bribery.…
GETTING MORE OIL FROM EXISTING RESERVES WHILE LIMITING GLOBAL WARMING MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTORY, BUT COULD BE COSTLY
Enhancing the percentage of oil recovered from existing assets is a no-brainer for countries that want to maximise economic gains from their oil reserves.
In an era of apparently ‘lower for longer’ oil prices, it is high up the agenda for oil companies and governments.…
DRINKS INDUSTRY GIVES OVERWHELMING THUMBS UP TO CETA DEAL
EUROPEAN drinks industry associations have said they are now preparing to exploit the export market benefits that flow from yesterday’s (Feb 15) approval by the European Parliament of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada (CETA).…
DRINKS INDUSTRY GIVES OVERWHELMING THUMBS UP TO CETA DEAL
EUROPEAN drinks industry associations have said they are now preparing to exploit the export market benefits that flow from yesterday’s (Feb 15) approval by the European Parliament of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada (CETA).…
SYRIA SANCTIONS KEEP GROWING IN INTENSITY AND SCALE, BUT ASSAD CLINGS TO POWER NONETHELESS
The Syria conflict is into its sixth year, as are the multilateral sanctions imposed on the government in Damascus. How effective have the sanctions been, given the Syrian regime’s survival? And where may have funds from members of the regime, and those linked to it, gone?…
SINGAPORE FINES BANKS OVER AML FAILURES REGARDING MALAYSIA’S 1MDB
THE REGULATORY net has tightened further on controversial Malaysian government-owned development fund 1MDB, with Singapore’s central bank fining two major banks over breaches of anti-money laundering (AML) rules associated with its deals.
Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Branch (SCB) has been ordered to pay Singapore dollars SGD5.2 million (USD3.6 million) and Coutts & Co Ltd’s Singapore branch SGD2.4 million (USD1,7 million) for breaches of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) AML requirements.…
SINGAPORE FINES BANKS OVER AML FAILURES REGARDING MALAYSIA’S 1MDB
THE REGULATORY net has tightened further on controversial Malaysian government-owned development fund 1MDB, with Singapore’s central bank fining two major banks over breaches of anti-money laundering (AML) rules associated with its deals.
Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Branch (SCB) has been ordered to pay Singapore dollars SGD5.2 million (USD3.6 million) and Coutts & Co Ltd’s Singapore branch SGD2.4 million (USD1,7 million) for breaches of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) AML requirements.…
BREXIT WILL CHALLENGE BRITAIN, BUT WILL GENERATE PLENTY PF WORK FOR ACCOUNTANTS
AS Theresa May became British Prime Minister on July 13, 2016, she has admitted she faces the toughest of briefs. Unravelling 43 years of close legal relations with the UK’s European Union (EU) neighbours will be complex, difficult, and involve some serious economic and financial losses on the way.…
EU OCEAN ENERGY MOVES FORWARD, AHEAD OF NEW ROADMAP TO SPUR GROWTH
Europe in 2016 has been witness to significant milestones passed in deployment of new, full-scale demonstration and commercial tidal stream and wave energy projects.
This is encouraging for the European Union (EU), which wants clean, renewable ‘ocean energy’ to provide a tenth of its power by mid-century.…
INDUSTRY SLAMS BOTTLE DEPOSIT SCHEMES AT HIGH LEVEL PACKAGING FORUM
Deposit schemes will not increase drinks packaging reuse or recycling rates, Coca-Cola Enterprises vice-president public affairs, Europe, Hans van Bochove Coca-Cola Enterprises vice-president public affairs, Europe, Hans van Bochove told a Brussels conference last week. His view was backed by Peter Sundt, secretary general of the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) and Eamonn Bates, Clean Europe Network secretary general.…