PwC Australia entered an exclusivity agreement with private equity firm Allegro Funds to sell its government practice for A$1 as it brought in an executive from Singapore to lead its local firm.
Indian shares opened lower on Friday, following a decline in broader Asian equities as hawkish central banks sour appetite for risky assets and as domestic benchmarks began consolidating at near-record levels.
Nasdaq's eye-popping $10.5 billion bet on the little known financial software company Adenza will help the exchange operator vastly expand the market for its products, from risk management and regulatory software to anti-financial crime technology.
A former Goldman Sachs banker was convicted of insider trading by a New York jury on Wednesday, after prosecutors said he passed tips about potential mergers to a friend.