Managers of Wealth

Tax havens and tax hells

KPMG's latest Individual Income Tax and Social Security Rate Survey covers 114 countries and finds 10 countries that charge no personal income tax at all.

Police bust wine merchants for tax evasion

Three officials for the Italian customs agency in Naples and Bari are also being probed.

Singapore unveils proposals to tackle tax crime

Having flagged its intentions in October last year, Singapore's markets watchdog yesterday started a consultation* on designating tax crimes as money laundering (ML) predicate offences.

The Intruders crash investment banking awards dinner

The awards dinner run by The Banker magazine is billed as 'the Oscars of the investment banking industry'

Libor-rigging bankers should be jailed, survey finds

Almost 90pc of people in the UK believe bankers who commit fraud or manipulate markets such as Libor should be jailed

Govt to step up 'ruthless pursuit' of tax avoiders

"We are the party for low taxes for the many, not of no taxes for the few."

My tax gift to Middle England: Osborne pledges NO mansion tax, NO wealth tax and FREEZE on council tax

Chancellor George Osborne announced the tax breaks

Germany to negotiate deal with Singapore against tax evasion

Germany will start talks with Singapore next week on a deal to prevent its citizens from evading taxes

European parliament to make Libor-rigging criminal offence

European Parliament will widen scope of its market abuse rules

Subtle shift signals 'profound change' in bank regulation

Major policy proposals from Britain’s banking regulators

Solvency II delays 'are a major worry’

Delays to the introduction of controversial new capital rules for Europe’s insurers

A Hedge Fund Has Physically Taken Control Of A Ship Belonging To Argentina's Navy

The hedge fund, run by the US billionaire Paul Singer, has been closely monitoring the course of the Libertad, according to sources familiar with the firm.

Ex-Greek deputy interior minister in wealth probe kills himself

He served as deputy interior minister from 1999-2000 after being elected to parliament as a lawmaker for the socialist PASOK party in 1993.

Miliband ducks questions over his own wealth

Ed Miliband found it easy enough to criticise David Cameron’s “millionaire” status, but when questioned about his own personal wealth, the Labour leader struggled to find an answer.

Wall Street banks should quit New York to escape hostility

Wall Street banks should quit New York because the state has "made war" on the financial services industry for the last decade, an analyst has argued.

RBS investigated by NY Attorney General

Royal Bank of Scotland is among the banks under investigation by New York’s top prosecutor over the sale of mortgage-backed bonds before the financial crisis.

Class action filed against Assante Wealth Management

The issues giving rise to this claim came to light after Brian Malley was charged with the first-degree murder of one of Assante's clients for whom he acted as investment advisor.

UBS trader was interviewed as suspect

A close colleague of accused UBS “rogue trader” Kweku Adoboli was interviewed by police as a suspect, a London court heard on Wednesday.

HMRC 'discriminates against millionaires'

The taxman appears to have launched "a discriminatory attack" on millionaires, a leading accountancy firm has said.

France and Germany try to revive EU-wide financial transaction tax

The undated letter solicits the Commission to ask the 27 EU member states to decide whether they want to cooperate on a common FTT.

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