01/09/2014

Swiss Court Blocks Julius Baer Client Data Transfer to U.S.

Switzerland’s largest federal court told the nation’s tax authority not to disclose data about the bank account of a client of Julius Baer Group Ltd. to the U.S., after the Internal Revenue Service made an invalid request.

01/09/2014

More whistle-blowers reporting tip-offs to FCA

Following this market abuse investigation, financial regulators in both the UK and US have reported more instances of tip-offs relating to potential illegal behaviours within the industry.

01/07/2014

Argentina: Gov’t takes look at wealth tax

The national government will amend the way it calculates personal wealth tax and will use the market value of properties rather than their declared fiscal value, the head of the AFIP tax bureau Ricardo Echegaray revealed yesterday.

01/06/2014

Regulatory predictions for 2014

Last year we offered our 13 regulatory reform predictions for 2013 and correctly predicted a year of intense rulemaking.

01/06/2014

Govt May Seek Reopening of Swiss Cases

The government is contemplating reviving through the Swiss court of appeal graft cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari for the return of $60 million reportedly stashed away in Swiss banks.

12/28/2013

SFO plans fightback in 2014

The reality is that every case the SFO does is make or break. 2014 will be about putting the past behind us