Cyprus is considered as one of the most competitive shipping centres in the world in terms of registration fees and taxes.

The highly anticipated text of the Irish Data Protection Bill 2018 has been published.

The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) adopted guidance on the role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last April 2017. In Ireland, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has recently issued (dated 14/08/17) their guidance on the appropriate qualifications for the DPO role.

The mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) comes into force on 1 January 2015.

It certainly comes as no news at all that Africa’s rating on the global infrastructure development index is significantly behind.

The region has faced severe macroeconomic conditions marked by low commodity prices and foreign currency crises.

The region has faced severe macroeconomic conditions marked by low commodity prices and foreign currency crises.

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has released, via a public notice, a standard notification form to be used by multinational entities (MNEs) in providing Country-by-Country (CbC) notifications.

One of the most significant elements that the UK Bribery Act introduces is the ‘corporate offence’ which extends the reach of UK enforcement agencies beyond personal liability to enable the prosecution of commercial organisations for failing to prevent a bribe.

Internal audit departments in the financial services sector continue to operate against a backdrop of heightened regulatory scrutiny, emerging best practices and increasing stakeholder expectations.

The Bank of England Quarterly Credit conditions survey was released earlier today.

Expectations of Finance are changing.

The highly anticipated FCA Consultation Paper (CP17/25) on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) to all financial services firms was released yesterday, 26 July 2017.

Least Square Monte Carlo (LSMC) is gaining attention as a tool for fast asset and liability revaluations. Solvency II and the move to Economic Capital methods for insurers has meant that the computation power needed to run a large number of stochastic stress scenarios to value the capital of the insurer has become a road-block for many firms.

In preparation for the Single Supervisory Mechanism, all ‘significant’ Eurozone banks are taking part in the ECB's comprehensive assessment.

Just over a year ago EU leaders decided to take decisive action to tackle the financial market crisis and called for the establishment of a Banking Union.

Early diagnosis of disease is better for patients and makes good economic sense.

Although it has been a hot and newsworthy topic for some time, there remains some doubt as to what the Northern Powerhouse really is...

Business performance relies upon the controlled operation of information technology, spanning from a legacy mainframe through to highly advanced and bespoke web applications.