07/13/2013
According to the SEC, the wolf in question is John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire who enlisted the help of Goldman Sachs to bet against the sub-prime mortgage market using an insurance product called a credit default swap.
07/12/2013
In 2009, the U.S. hit another Swiss bank, UBS, with a $780 million fine and took information on derelict depositors.
07/12/2013
The measure is intended to restore faith in companies and their directors as a whole.
07/12/2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's disciplinary panel said it was the second time the group had been fined over failures with its automated trading platform.
07/11/2013
Linklaters pledges $250,000; Clifford Chance's $100,000 same as local firm TSMP's donation
07/11/2013
He joined the firm on 8 July and will help the development of our existing client bank and the continued expansion of our independent financial services team.
07/11/2013
he French Finance Ministry has clarified regulations pertaining to the wealth tax cap and life insurance contracts.
07/11/2013
Singapore’s central bank fined 22 financial institutions and restricted operations at seven for failing to comply with rules
07/11/2013
UBS said some of its German offices were searched in connection with an ongoing tax probe of the Swiss bank's clients
07/11/2013
To add a statement from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and to add that Singapore and the Cayman Islands have also signed agreements with the United States.
07/10/2013
France, like countries across the world, is cracking down on tax after the global financial crisis put government budgets under strain and increased the need to maximise tax receipts.
07/10/2013
Cantor & Webb P.A. strengthens its leadership in the field of tax and estate planning, expanding for a sixth consecutive year with the addition of new trusts and estates partner Kathryn von Matthiessen.
07/10/2013
The Italian central bank said tax burdens continued to be a major obstacle to recovery in the country, which is in its longest recession in more than 20 years.
07/09/2013
International law firm hires consultant for wealth planning practice
She has over 15 years experience in corporate and charity law, counting among her experience acting as legal counsel at one of the largest private charity foundations in Hong Kong.
07/09/2013
At the conference, Steve Thayer participated on a panel titled "State of Interfamily Direct Co-Investing" and David Berek presented on the subject of Legacy and Inheritance.
07/09/2013
IFA firm UK Wealth Management founder Peter Jones has set up a legal services company that allows advisers to become partners in the business
07/09/2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted a new rule to implement a JOBS Act requirement to lift the ban on general solicitation or general advertising for certain private securities offerings.
07/08/2013
International law firm turns to Withers for London private client hire
She is qualified in England & Wales, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islan
07/08/2013
The news and information company has an agreement with the University of Michigan to allow some of its clients to receive the data 2 seconds before its other clients
07/08/2013
Clifford Chance may have suffered from a fall in partnership profits, but it hasn’t prevented the partners taking home £1 million each.