Managers of Wealth

Economic substance laws: the private wealth context

The following article sets out a brief overview of the new substance regime with a particular focus on its application to private wealth structures.

UK deploys first unexplained wealth order in organised crime case

Regulators looking to arrest flow of dirty money through Britain

Think-tank urges radical shake-up of property tax to address wealth inequality

These taxes are also the most difficult for the super wealthy to avoid because the underlying asset lacks mobility

Combating financial crime - KPMG

3 focus areas for banks to achieve more effective and efficient customer due diligence

Combating financial crime - KPMG

3 focus areas for banks to achieve more effective and efficient customer due diligence

Women in Finance Charter

They are now over 330 firms of all shapes and sizes across financial services signed up to the commitments of the Charter

Dickinson Wright Receives Top Rankings

Five Dickinson Wright attorneys are listed as "Leaders in their Fields"

US Senate ratifies protocols to tax treaties with Japan, Switzerland, Luxembourg

Like US-Spain protocol, all three tax treaty protocols easily cleared the two-thirds vote threshold for ratification.

Payoffs, glory-seeking Feds, and hiding in plain sight — here's what 5 experts told us about the $1 billion cocaine bust on a ship owned by JPMorgan

The drugs are worth way less than $1 billion

The rise of alternatives

Many have started to ask AIFMs to add further value through select services, expand their skills set and get involved in the sales process.

Why Big Governments And Central Banks Want To Kill Libra And Bitcoin

This happened to much smaller money market funds (that “broke the buck”) during the financial crisis, so it could easily happen here.”

China tax reforms, wealth planning and wills

After the banking crisis, 10 countries suffered losses in excess of USD100 billion every year through tax evasion, according to 2011 data from the Tax Justice Network.

Plans for the PBC to increase involvement in FinTech development

The plan will be coordinated by the relevant government departments, and is said to outline the principles, development goals, key tasks and safeguard measures for the future development of these financial FinTech technologies.

How Italy’s favourable new tax regimes can benefit the sports industry

The sports industry is well positioned to take advantage of the new regimes if participants are able to leverage their geographic flexibility.

Investing in Women Code

The Investing in Women Code is a commitment by financial services firms to improving female entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources and finance.

LIBOR: preparing for the end

Speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's LIBOR Transition Briefing in New York, USA.

Is blue sky compliance like the SEC or the IRS?

The states were allowed to require a notice filing, which means you are not actually registering, but giving notice of intent to sell in the state.

The Challenges of AML for Law Firms – 2019 Industry Report

The main challenges law firms are facing with AML requirements.

These recent data breaches generated huge fines, so here’s why your data processing agreements need to be watertight

The final amount of the fines may well be decreased in court.

U.S. proposes barring big tech companies from offering financial services, digital currencies

Even if it were to pass the full house, it would still have to pass the senate which would also likely be an uphill struggle.

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