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Chief financial officers (CFOs) at North American life insurance companies say they continue to face sizable competitive challenges to their profitability, yet only a small number (20%) believe they are well prepared to respond to this competitive environment.

Confidence amongst Italian CEOs bounced back in the first quarter of 2015, following continued low commodity prices and the European Central Bank’s significant quantitative easing package. The YPO Global Pulse Confidence Index for Italy rose 5.3 points to 61.6, its highest level for a year.

NephroGenex, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat kidney disease, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock and expects to raise gross proceeds of up to $30 million. In addition, NephroGenex expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $4.5 million of shares of its common stock in connection with the offering. All of the shares in the offering will be sold by NephroGenex.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Companyannounced today that it has agreed to sell €1.15 billion of senior unsecured notes: €575,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 1.000% notes due 2025 and €575,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 1.750% notes due 2035, in an underwritten public offering.

Rare Element Resources Ltd., announced that it has closed its $3.4 million offering of common shares and warrants in a registered direct offering in the United States that resulted in net proceeds, after expenses, of approximately $3.2 million.

CU Bancorp, the parent company of wholly owned California United Bank, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2015.

IP Commerce, Inc., developer of innovative products and services that automate business processes for small business owners, launched the newest version of Commerce Sync today. Commerce Sync is a software application that automatically transfers sales information from a point of sale (POS) system or e-commerce solution directly into accounting software on a daily basis.

With approval of the Supervisory Board, the Management Board of Sequa Petroleum N.V. has resolved to launch the offering of a convertible bond of up to U.S.$300 million maturing in April 2020.

95% of REA membership say parties have failed to address needs of the renewable energy industry in election campaigns

Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm, today announced IVP XV, a $1.4 billion fund. This is the largest fund raised in the firm’s 35-year history and brings cumulative committed capital to $5.4 billion. The fund was significantly oversubscribed, with IVP’s existing Limited Partners contributing the vast majority of the fund.

Alan Howard, co-founder of Brevan Howard, and Michael Platt, of BlueCrest Capital, jointly head the list of Britain’s wealthiest hedge fund managers, each with £1.5bn fortunes, in The 2015 Sunday Times Rich List, to be published this Sunday, April 26. The 128-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine reveals the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in Britain.

Cinedigm Corp., a leading independent content distributor in the United States, announced today that it priced its previously announced private offering of $64,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.5% convertible senior notes due 2035 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

A home trader who aimed to show how you could turn $10k into $100,000 in just two years has revealed a final position of $82,500.

A first-of its-kind app designed especially for the Apple Watch user is being launched by international currency services provider FAIRFX.

Synergy FX, a leading Australian Forex broker, announced today that their Funds Management team has achieved stellar results to date, posting gains over 150 percent for the first 19 months, shattering projections and beating out competing funds by a landslide.

Rather than blow money on super cars or luxury holidays, research published by AXA shows a number of over 55s are considering starting their own businesses in the wake of the pension reforms.

A successful home trader is all set to reveal the results of a two-year challenge aiming to turn $10,000 into $100,000.

Emerging Crowd launches today and becomes the first platform where ordinary investors can invest directly in equity and debt fundraising campaigns by unlisted growth-stage companies in select frontier and emerging markets.

unbiased.co.uk and MetLife are launching MoneyFit Week 2015 (20 – 24 April) to appeal to consumers who may never have spoken with a financial adviser before. The week-long event will encourage people to think about their money in new ways and take steps to improve their overall financial fitness.

“Proposals to end austerity and increase departmental spending are wholly misguided given that the UK is still running a deficit of £90 billion a year and the government is spending nearly half of national income. Small steps to reduce the deficit have been made over this Parliament and today’s SNP manifesto would eradicate this progress. […]

IBS Intelligence reports on the core banking software market activity across the globe in 2014, with the results included in the latest Core Banking Systems Market Dynamics Report.

The number of mobile banking users is set to almost double from 17.8 million to 32.6 million by 2020, whilst the number of U.K. adults using online banking will increase from 27.7 million to over 35 million, according to a report commissioned by Fiserv, Inc.

While EIS schemes with renewable energy investments will no longer qualify for government-backed incentives from 5th April, investors can still benefit from both the incentive schemes and achieve Inheritance Tax exemption with Business Property Relief (BPR) qualifying assets, according to Intelligent Partnership (IP), the UK’s leading provider of education and insights on alternative investments. According […]

Over three-quarters (78%) of people believe things generally get better with time – this is certainly true for people who have earned interest with TSB's Classic Plus account.

Bud Genius, Inc., a leading laboratory for cannabis testing and profiling commented on an article in USA Today, which examined the potential role of major tobacco companies in the cannabis industry.

Home sales increased 10.1 percent in March compared with a year earlier, while the number of new listings increased 9.2 percent, according to Redfin (www.redfin.com), the customer-first real estate brokerage.

New TUC-commissioned analysis published today (Thursday) of tax policies in the Conservative Party manifesto shows that the party has chosen to prioritise unfunded tax giveaways to the wealthy over support for the low-paid and middle earners.

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman claimed the top spot on a Wealth-X list released today of the five wealthiest women in the technology sector.

Happy Tax was born out of frustration with unreliable, under-qualified tax preparers with no licensing or certification and as little as five days tax training. Happy Tax is designed to bridge the gap between the high quality, pampered and convenient customer service that consumers want, and accurate, reliable and professional tax returns prepared by CPAs […]

It's that time of year again. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is expecting you to mail in your annual income by April 30, 2015.

Whether you're voting for Cameron, Miliband, Clegg or Farage at the General Election on 7th May, do you know how many seats their parties will need to get the keys to number 10?

According to a new market research report "Mobile Learning Market by Solution (Mobile Content Authoring, E-books, Portable LMS, Mobile and Video-based Courseware, Interactive Assessments, Content Development, M-Enablement), by Applications, by User Type, & by Region - Global Forecast to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, Mobile Learning Market to grow from $7.98 Billion in 2015 to $37.60 Billion by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 36.3%.

A new survey by The European Business Awards, sponsored by RSM, involving business leaders from 32 countries across Europe shows strong support for the EU.

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT has declared monthly cash dividends.

GreenPath Debt Solutions, a nationwide non-profit credit counseling and education organization, is partnering with the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) to bring free financial education to libraries across the country.

60% of People Feel Well Informed About Casting Their Vote Yet Research Also Exposes Lack of Basic Political Knowledge in the UK.