07/30/2014
Not only will regulators and other enforcement agencies discover and prosecute fraud, corruption, and other criminal behavior within the global financial services industry, but they are also committed to improving their technical forensic capabilities acr
07/30/2014
The OECD’s Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, which launched one year ago amid public disquiet over the behaviour of multinationals, is expected to report in September on the thorny issue of taxing companies in the digital economy. But
07/30/2014
For high-net-worth investors seeking background checks, ratings and rankings, WealthGuard recently delivered invaluable advice in The Motley Fool
07/29/2014
Pulse of the Rich
Haefele says that if investor confidence improves, a portion of this idle cash will get redeployed in the stock market, driving prices higher. He thinks U.S. equities will return around 7% or 8% this year.
07/28/2014
An emerging market entrepreneur is a lot more likely to come to the bank looking for a business loan than a wealth fund
07/27/2014
They call them ‘junk bonds’ for a reason. They now constitute an offence against linguistic decency: ‘high yield’ no longer even is.
07/25/2014
Estate planning could become much easier if pension funds will be taxed at no worse rate than other assets. The proposed change to the 55% rate reduces the incentive for pension holders to withdraw funds if the balance in the pension fund on death will be
07/24/2014
The real test of the resolve of Brics countries will come in dealing with crises that affect the non-democratic world
07/24/2014
July 5th saw the start – the Grand Départ – of the 2014 Tour de France, the world’s premier cycling race.
07/24/2014
The government of Norway, which isn’t an EU member, said it’s ready to adjust the fund’s holdings to reflect the changing geopolitical climate.
07/22/2014
The credit crisis, regulation, technology and ethics are among the features in the changing face of wealth management.
07/22/2014
Despite her own success in the male-dominated world of finance, Penny says there aren’t enough women coming through from the next generation.
07/20/2014
Is sharia-compliant banking just a way of twisting the rules?
07/20/2014
Tax inversions are back in the press this week, with no less than two US companies planning to swallow up their British rivals and take advantage of the UK ‘tax haven’.
07/20/2014
At times like this we seem to shrink to the rear and assume that they (that is anybody else) are better than us at most things and that we are not very good at anything.
07/20/2014
I am definitely concerned. When was [the cyclically adjusted P/E ratio or CAPE] higher than it is now?
07/18/2014
Given this is how banks generally make their money, you may ask how Islamic banks prosper? The answer is they still make money by lending out their capital but do so in ways where interest and fees are not explicit.
07/18/2014
No sooner had the dust settled from the World Cup than Brazil played host to the five leaders of the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
07/17/2014
MRC wins another battle in its war against tax avoidance by George Bull, Baker Tilly
After weeks of speculation in the press, HMRC today published a list identifying more than 800 schemes it believes were deliberately set up to avoid tax.
07/16/2014
It’s a few days before your company’s biweekly management meeting, and agenda items are pouring in.