CA daily briefing: Friday 7 February 2020

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here with all your daily update from ICAS and around the world.
The latest from ICAS
David Wood highlights the relevance of ICAS’ expert report CETA: Brexit and Beyond for the UK–EU trade negotiations starting in March 2020.
Alan Simpson CA highlights some of the key findings from the latest cyber security breaches survey.
There is an opportunity for ICAS members around the world to influence the development of international financial reporting standards for non-profit organisations (NPOs) by joining a Practitioner Advisory Group. The closing date for nominations is Sunday 1 March 2020.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam quits after spying scandal (BBC News)
- Estee Lauder cuts profit forecast amid coronavirus outbreak (City AM)
- Burberry says coronavirus hurting luxury demand (Reuters)
- Fiat warns coronavirus could force closure of European plant (The Guardian)
- Four million children living in poverty as numbers rise, says report (Sky News)
- Boeing's fraying 737 MAX suppliers see capacity crunch (Reuters)
- Cyber attacks could cause financial crisis, says ECB chief Christine Lagarde (The Independent)
- Uber to be profitable by end of 2020, CEO Dara Khosrawshahi says (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump 'apoplectic' over Boris Johnson giving green light to Huawei (Sky News)
- German recession risk returns with crisis-era plunge in output (Bloomberg)
That's all for today, check back next week for your Monday briefing.