10/31/2016
China to start tracking non-resident assets held in country
China plans to introduce OECD approved Common Reporting Standards September 2018
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10/31/2016
OECD releases schedule for Action 14 peer reviews and invites taxpayer input
In accordance with the Assessment Methodology, the reviews will be conducted in batches, with the first batch commencing in December 2016.
10/28/2016
Europe on eve of banking ARMAGEDDON which will dwarf 2008 global crash, warns expert
And it's going to be a wake up call for the whole of Europe say experts who fear the reports are not going to be good for anyone.
10/28/2016
World Tax Advisor
Connecting you globally.
10/28/2016
The regtech headache of going digital
That is not quite so easy with digital channels, even the old-fashioned ones.
10/27/2016
Swiss court grants UBS access to files in French tax probe
UBS said in July it had been ordered by the FTA to provide France with tax information and was planning to ask the FAC to look at the request.
10/27/2016
Brexit: Passporting through Cyprus
Cyprus can offer such firms the flexibility to maintain current operations through carefully crafted outsourcing arrangements.
10/27/2016
What happens to your ‘digital estate’ on death?
The approach of many companies is that you do not ‘purchase’ the data; instead, you simply acquire a lifelong licence
10/27/2016
UBS Wins Right to Appeal in French Tax Dispute
UBS has to give the Swiss government thousands of its clients' names requested by France, which hopes to claim taxes from citizens who chose to keep assets undeclared on Swiss accounts. But the Swiss bank has now been granted the right to appeal agai
10/27/2016
Software group Misys scraps London IPO plans, joining long list of firms which have ditched floats post-Brexit
When plans were unveiled 3 weeks ago, Misys boss had brushed off Brexit
10/26/2016
China to monitor banks’ wealth management products
New supervisory tool provides a comprehensive risk and credit exposure review for individual banks
10/26/2016
Flexible payments from pensions not increasing as fast as expected
Flexible payments from pensions are becoming more popular, but is the Treasury collecting as much tax as it expected?
10/26/2016
Brexit - business as usual in family law? by Withers
It is correct that upon Brexit and the date of withdrawal, in the absence of any EU agreement, the UK will no longer be bound by its obligation to implement EU legislation.
10/26/2016
To join or not join: the role of trustees in Family proceedings - Withers
Offshore trustees may find themselves in a quandary when faced with an application that they be joined to proceedings as they have to balance the interests of at least one of the two spouses against their duties to the other beneficiaries.
10/26/2016
GFSC to launch major probe into Enterprise Insurance and its Directors
The GFSC has reason to believe that it may have been significantly and consistently misled about Enterprise’s true financial position.
10/25/2016
Appleby Cayman Partner Speaks at International Private Client Forum
Well-known Private Client & Trusts Partner at Appleby sits on panel discussion at International Trusts & Private Client Forum
10/25/2016
Keeping data safe in a mobile world
Are corporations at risk of losing control of their data?
10/25/2016
Senior Deutsche banker sentenced to prison over a fatal car crash
The offence was punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment.
10/24/2016
French bank sued over Gulf tycoon’s signature
A pair of aggressive American hedge funds is suing the French bank BNP Paribas
10/24/2016
Credit Suisse and Italian authorities agree to settle after offshore transfer investigation
A number of unnamed Credit Suisse executives were under investigation by the prosecutors in Italy for alleged money laundering activities.