04/15/2019
Guernsey ‘continues to break new ground’ in awards win
Guernsey previously won the award in 2015.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
04/15/2019
RSM strengthens tax capabilities in London
RSM’s Employer Solutions Group has seen the arrival of Phil Partington as partner and specialist in expatriate tax.
04/14/2019
Chelsea 'hold talks with three parties' over staggering £2.5bn takeover
Russian owner Roman Abramovich is reportedly looking to sell up this summer after being denied by a visa
04/14/2019
Mauritius FSC recognises Security Token Offerings in its legislation
The above-mentioned terms are defined in the Securities Act or in the Securities (Collective Investment Schemes and Closed-end Funds) Regulations 2008.
04/12/2019
Australian wealth manager hit with class-action lawsuit
The suit was filed in the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney by law firm Quinn Emmanuel.
04/11/2019
Hull City loses fight with taxman over Geovanni payments
Club bosses challenged the decision but a specialist judge has dismissed their appeal.
04/11/2019
U.S. lawmakers grill bank CEOs on social issues
Democratic lawmakers focused many of their questions on who the banks were doing business with, probing for answers about financing of gun manufacturers and fossil fuels.
04/11/2019
Tax the rich more to help the middle class, says OECD
The report, Under Pressure: The Squeezed Middle Class, said the "economic centre of gravity is tilting away from the middle".
04/11/2019
Danby Bloch: The new tax year’s rates, reliefs and rules
The threshold at which higher-rate tax kicks in has also increased by a hefty 8.7 per cent to £37,500, making the higher-rate threshold of the personal allowance plus the top end of the basic-rate tax band £50,000.
04/11/2019
Senior Investec wealth manager took own life over regulatory probe fears
But he feared that his livelihood was at risk after he accidentally forwarded some client documents to a third party, and communicated with the recipient on his own phone, rather than his recorded work line.
04/11/2019
Swiss Banker Guilty of Corporate Espionage for Leaking Data on Tax Dodge
Banker found guilty of one count of corporate espionage
04/11/2019
New regulatory framework for online operators?
Taylor Wessing is able to advise on the implications of and compliance with the new proposals.
04/11/2019
Feds seize Michael Avenatti's $4.5million private jet amid tax scandal
Avenatti was accused last month by the IRS of failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in personal income and through his firm
04/10/2019
India requests bank details of those named in SwissLeaks
SwissLeaks showed that he held over $4 million at the bank in 2007 along with his brother Gurbachan Singh Dhingra.
04/10/2019
UBS Shareholders Urged to Reject Bank's Compensation Report
UBS had proposed a pay package that included 14.1 million francs ($14 million) in compensation for Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti for last year.
04/10/2019
UBS Fires Investment Banker
The investment banker denied the allegation and will fight the dismissal.
04/10/2019
Business Aviation Law in Europe - A Practical Guide 2019
Originally published in the Business Aviation Law in Europe - A Practical Guide 2019
04/10/2019
Edge, Fog Or Cloud? How The Internet Of Things Is Shaking Up How – And Where – Data Are Handled
There’s another compelling reason for processing data at the edge or in the fog: increased data security and user privacy protection.
04/10/2019
FCA fines Standard Chartered Bank £102.2 million for poor AML controls
This is the second largest financial penalty for AML controls failings ever imposed by the FCA.
04/10/2019
Gibraltar-based law firm to join fast-growing network
The consideration for the acquisition, which is entirely payable in cash, comprises £342,000 paid on completion with the deferred consideration related to the turnover achieved by the business over the next three years and paid quarterly.