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 Late 2008, the financial crisis is in full flow, and one financial institution after another is collapsing. Before long, the whole financial services’ industry came under scrutiny – first banks and insurance companies, then credit rating agencies and finally auditors, some of whom were seen as...

In 2016 cybercrime cost the global economy over $450 billion; over two billion personal records were stolen and, in the US alone, more than 100 million people had their medical records stolen.[1] The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2017 surveyed 3,000 companies across all sectors in the US, UK and...

The politics of Brexit remain fascinating and fatiguing in equal measure, both in the UK and in Brussels. It was somewhat of a relief therefore to interview the co-chairs of the BDO pan-EMEA Brexit Task Force recently (I know, everyone’s got a Brexit task force…) to discuss the effect of the...

The week of 15 May 2017 marked a significant development in the 40-year EU-ASEAN trading relationship. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued its long-awaited opinion on the question of the European Commission’s exclusive competence over the EU-Singapore free trade agreement (EUSFTA...

I am not psychic, but I would advise companies in the advertising technology space to gear up for a round of AI and data driven mergers and acquisitions. The reason is the AI capabilities and sophistication levels of a new generation of ad tech solutions, which enable advertisers to understand...

Workflow Manager is part of the ONESOURCE suite of solutions from Thomson Reuters which is designed to help you seamlessly manage tax compliance and reporting needs across constantly changing worldwide tax environments, anytime, anywhere. ONESOURCE solutions can handle all your tax planning needs...

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Fraudsters trying to perpetrate the “Big Boss” scam (also known as CEO fraud) rather hope the answer is “how high” and rely on a culture of unquestioned authority to be successful.The typical scenario in this type of fraud is that the fraudster poses as the boss (often a CEO or a CFO) and...

During tough economic times companies look for ways to cut costs in order to reduce overheads and improve profit margins. One of the most dominant trends we are seeing worldwide is that of technological innovations coming to the fore as companies seek out alternative methods of achieving...