11/23/2013
Penniless' Man Is Worth $65 Million, Court Rules And Must Give Wife Half
One of Britain’s longest and most bitter divorce battles culminated on Friday with a High Court judge branding a well-connected millionaire a liar and his ex-wife a conspiracy theorist.
11/23/2013
Europe’s planned tax on financial transactions may fail to reduce market risks and could increase household costs
11/22/2013
Ex-Credit Suisse Trader Gets 30 Months in Jail
A former top Credit Suisse trader was sentenced to two and a half years of prison.
11/21/2013
The Global Forum brings together 121 countries and jurisdictions for wide-ranging discussions on transparency and international tax co-operation, and is the largest such group worldwide. Its sixth meeting has brought together more than 200 delegates from
11/21/2013
Switzerland seeks EU deal on tax evasion
Switzerland wants "to settle the past" with the EU and begin settling disputes over Swiss bank accounts hidden from European tax authorities
11/20/2013
The Confederation appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place.
11/20/2013
A new tax task force is sifting through the financial affairs of wealthy individuals
11/20/2013
In the digital age, pen and paper are useful tools for intrigue.
11/20/2013
In the digital age, pen and paper are useful tools for intrigue.
11/19/2013
FATCA and charities by Withers
Overall, this is good news for UK charities and for dual qualified charitable structures
11/19/2013
Some of you will have read about the new Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings or ATED on UK residential property held through corporate ownership structures.
11/19/2013
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has vehemently rejected the idea of introducing a wealth tax in Europe, to balance out existing inequalities between the rich and the poor.
11/18/2013
Banking Reform Bill lurches through the Lords
The ring fence amendment, while passed, was not even faintly praised enough to be damned.
11/18/2013
Britain's financial regulator is looking into whether gold benchmarks could have been rigged.
11/18/2013
Most often, rich people are known for blowing away their money on buying luxury cars and jewellery.
11/17/2013
The last 12 months has been another year of change for the financial services industry. We have begun the move from inter- and intranational debate about the shape and purpose of regulation, to a period of understanding the implications for business follo
11/17/2013
FCA chief executive Martin Wheatley claimed over £1,800 in hotel and subsistence costs for four nights
11/17/2013
The international community has taken new steps to strengthen transparency and boost the comprehensive exchange of information between governments worldwide.
11/16/2013
The number of whistle-blower calls to the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority increased 23 percent over the last year
11/14/2013
The Pulse of the Profession: Defining Our Role in a Changing Landscape survey is a semiannual assessment of the state of the internal audit profession in North America.