When John Hadley invented the sextant, could he have foreseen the development of the global positioning system?

The banking environment for the coming year likely contains equal parts resolution of past challenges and introduction of new ones.

In the first half of 2018, two major new pieces of regulation will "go live" as the revised Payment Services Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation come into effect from January and May respectively.

The U.S. mobile telecom sector continues to offer unprecedented opportunities for growth.

Sagar Teotia has been named as Acting Chief Accountant following Mr. Bricker's departure.

In an important taxpayer victory, a Minnesota District Court ruled in favor of Wells Fargo, holding that the measurement and analysis of its uncertain tax positions was protected from disclosure by the work product privilege.

This week's blog is from Rachel Alsop, one of our colleagues in our strategy consulting team who spends some of her own time volunteering with the humanitarian mapping charity, MapAction.

Welcome to this edition of the IMU newsletter which provides you with a summary of the latest accounting, actuarial and regulatory developments in the insurance market.

In the run-up to lockdown, Environmental, Social and Governance-principled investments built up a significant profile with investment managers and investors.

We live in times characterized by change and volatility, yet as businesses we need to make investment decisions that will equip us to serve markets and consumers as they will be in 10 years time and beyond.

The five months since our last Insurance Accounting Newsletter mostly coincided with the comment period on the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) Exposure Draft (ED) on the new International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) for Insurance Contracts.

On September 26, 2013, the Canadian Tax Foundation Young Practitioners Group convened a panel discussion titled "GAAR at 25: Lessons Learned & Current Challenges" on the General Anti-Avoidance Rule in section 245 of the Income Tax Act.

This article covers recent tax developments in Canada, Chile, Mexico and The United States.

Welcome to the March edition of the IMU newsletter which provides you with a summary of the latest accounting, actuarial and regulatory developments in the insurance market.

Throughout the history of the securities industry in Canada, the industry itself has played a critical role in the regulation and oversight of the conduct of its members.

On November 1, the BC Utilities Commission (Commission) released its final report (Final Report) in the "Inquiry Respecting Site C" (Inquiry).

In Roman mythology, Janus is the god with two faces. One face looks backward, the other into the future, a duality that neatly serves our consideration of the range of views expressed about the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) passed one year ago.

London is a global city – arguably now the world's foremost business hub, of vital importance to the national, European and global economies.

Twenty-five years ago, the American rock group R.E.M. introduced a song that detailed, in rapid fire, a litany of pop culture references that summarized the concerns of a generation in its title – "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)."

The current age of austerity has created a compelling need to reduce costs in the public sector.