10/14/2020
Switzerland is one of the few countries to actively enforce efforts to combat bribery of foreign officials, according to the latest international comparison by Transparency International. But the NGO warns that the Alpine country still lacks strong whistl
10/13/2020
In the current politically driven regulatory climate, managers/promoters in the major US fund centres are increasingly looking for alternative ways to structure investment vehicles suitable for and acceptable to their European domiciled investor base.
10/13/2020
Al Jazeera’s investigation reveals how senior Cypriot officials discussed ways to provide citizenship to a convicted criminal.
10/13/2020
FCA bans IFA directors who provided false and misleading SIPP declarations
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10/13/2020
The importance of organisational purpose has been thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic, with the general public keeping a watchful eye on an organisation’s social and environmental impact.
10/13/2020
UK Corporate Entities - UK Government publishes Corporate Transparency and Register Reform
10/12/2020
The decree will strengthen protection for investors and family-owned companies seeking fund managers to oversee their investments
10/12/2020
Technical blueprint would upend taxation of US tech groups but still needs political agreement
10/11/2020
"It's huge news," Nienke Palstra, of Global Witness, told AFP. "They had been dragging their feet, even though it's been a legal obligation since 2018."
10/11/2020
Key findings of our latest law firm survey
10/09/2020
These countries have claimed technical difficulties due to the COVID-19 crisis.
10/09/2020
The list includes companies that may be carrying out unauthorised or unsupervised wealth management and banking services, having provided insufficient or falsified information to Finma, leading to inconclusive investigation results.
10/09/2020
The prosecutor’s office said it suspected a “lack of internal organisation within the bank that would not have enabled it to prevent the commission of the money laundering offence".
10/09/2020
This is part of an annual exercise since 2017 when Switzerland decided to implement a global agreement aimed at preventing tax evasion.
10/09/2020
The latter poll had suggested a higher threshold – £750,000 excluding main homes and pensions, which might go some way to explaining its higher popularity.
10/08/2020
Officers searched her suitcases and found the huge cash haul, the largest detection at the UK border so far in 2020.
10/08/2020
Europe’s biggest asset manager Amundi launched its majority-owned wealth management venture in Shanghai recently, becoming the first foreign company to do so
10/08/2020
HM Revenue & Customs’ powers to obtain information from financial institutions are set to increase, with the requirement for taxpayer or tribunal approval to be removed. Although not yet in force, the legislation is at an advanced stage and will
10/08/2020
Carey Olsen has one of the largest trusts and private wealth teams in the offshore world with 50 partners and associates providing advice on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey to local and internationa
10/07/2020
There is a loophole where the regulations do not apply to employees who are contractually entitled to a longer period of notice than the law requires.