Category: Whistleblowing
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Top Credit Ratings from Google’s Search World
Four US rating agencies give Triple-A credit ratings to a bankrupt bank? On Friday 22 April 2022, the Amsterdam District Court, at the request of Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V. (ATB) and after hearing the Nederlandsche Bank N.V., declared ATB bankrupt. Declaring the bankruptcy means that a trustee has been appointed to wind up the Trade […]
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Sweden’s Foremost Entrepreneur
A Swedish entrepreneur strives for glamor and distinction. The case of the entrepreneur Ilija Batljan showed what special features can appear.
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More Evidence on EY
Ernst & Young has been the focus of criticism in the Wirecard scandal since October 2020.
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Relatives Are Relative
The scandal with the Greensill Bank brings back earlier scandals by the same rating agency to mind. How close can relationships be without being a problem for the rating and for the rating agency? What degree of kinship could influence the independence of judgment? The story of the fund initiator Interlife Management GmbH seems like […]
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Whistleblowing Is Getting Popular
Whistleblowers, i.e. mostly anonymous tipsters who report irregularities to supervised companies, dubious providers or market practices, have developed into an important source of information for the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). In 2020, 278 reports were submitted via the whistleblower platform on the FMA website, a new record since the system was introduced in 2014, […]